PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT 8, 1936. IONE By MARGARET BLAKE Members of the Past Noble Grand club and friends gave a shower last Friday afternoon in the L O. O. F. hall for Mrs. Charles O'Conner who lost her home by Are the week be fore. Mrs. O'Connor received many articles which will help her estab lish her home once more. The fam ily is living in the Ralph Harris house. Miss Harriet Heliker had as din ner guests at her home last Wed nesday night, Miss Margaret Craw ford, Miss Mildred Lundell, Milton Morgan, Norton Lundell and Lloyd Morgan. Miss Heliker departed on the train that evening for Portland where she was to enter Northwest ern Business college on the follow ing Monday. Mrs. Esther Barnett announces the beginning of regular meetings at the Pentecostal Mission next Sunday. Sunday school will be held each Sunday at ten oclock fol lowed by services at eleven. Eve ning services will be held on Sun day, Wednesday and Friday eve nings at 7:45. All are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Keller departed on last Wednesday night's train for Beaver Dam, Wis., where they will visit their son, Edward. Jr., and his family. They expect to be away a month. Mrs. George Tucker entertained the Women's Topic club at her home last Saturday afternoon. Nine teen members were present The book, "Sutter's Gold." by Cendrars, was reviewed by Mesdames Clyde Denny, Werner Rietmann and Ag nes Wilcox who were hostesses with Mrs. Tucker. Alexander McDonald delighted the club with selections on the guitar. Delicious refresh ments were served at the close of the meeting. lone students who are attending O. S. C. have written that Ellsworth Bullard of Gold Beach is registered there in the school of pharmacy. Ellsworth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bullard, former residents. Mrs. Werner Rietmann taught as a substitute in the school last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson left on Sunday for a vacation trip to California. They were to stop at Salem where their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Mc Millan would join them for the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake of Kin zua spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mathews have returned from Roseburg. They will live on the H. O. Ely farm near Morgan. Mrs. Peter Timm and son Roy of Pendleton were here Tuesday. Mrs. Ted Smith and son Phillip returned on Sunday from Redmond where they have been visiting rel atives. J. O. Kincaid was a business vis itor in Portland several days last week. Kenneth Smouse. who is attend ing O. S. C, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Smouse. A. M. Zink, who has spent some time at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Heliker, departed on Monday's stage for Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Art Stefani have moved from the Benedict ranch to the Honey ranch south of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blake of Kin zua spent last Thursday and Friday here enroute to Freewater where Mr. Blake will be employed in the construction of a school gymna-sium- J. O. Kincaid motored to Arling ton Monday to take his wife and sis ter to the train. Mrs. Kincaid will spend a few days in Portland and Mrs. Rix will visit relatives in Pen dleton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McElligott and family drove to Portland last Friday night. Their son Donald will enter school near there. They returned home Sunday. Mrs. Ida Fletcher returned Sat urday from a trip to California which she took with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Calkins and family, whose home is near North Plains. On re turning to Oregon Mrs. Fletcher visited her daughter, Mrs. Blaine Blackwell and her sons, Lloyd and Raymond, at Yachats. Mrs. Cal kins brought her home, stopping in Hood River where they were joined by Mrs. Fletchers daughter, Mrs. J. C. Callandra, and son Donald. Mrs. Calkins was also accompanied by two sons and a daughter. The party visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Haguewood Sunday, then returned to their homes. On last Sunday afternoon the Missionary society of the Gooseber ry Lutheran church held its annual birthday at the church. Four tables were decorated very prettily, one for each of the four seasons of the year and the guests who paid ac cording to their age took their places at whichever table represent ed the season in which their birth day came. A delicious dinner of chicken pie, molded vegetable salad, Ice cream, cake and coffee was served. After the dinner a program of readings and musical numbers was enjoyed by the guests. About thirty dollars was realized by the society. The school board has given an order for a thorough re-condition-lng of the heating system of the school. The present system has not been satisfactory, especially in very cold weather, and since the old fur nace will have to be replaced at this time, it was decided to have the en tire system checked by a heating engineer and install a plant which will be efficient Fred Pettyjohn has moved from the Seymour Wilson creek ranch to the creek ranch of Laxton McMur ray. M. W. Mahony of Gervals was here last week. While here he leased the George Mahony place near Morgan to Ed Euschke. Mr. and Mrs. Buschke will take poses sion at once. IRRIGON By MRS. W. C. ISOM Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Schmltz who came from Kansas to the Stanfleld project this season are employed on the B. P. Rand place for the winter. Chester Wilson returned from Portland Saturday with a load of lumber for the new parsonage which Is to be built at once for the Pentecostal church. Mr. Wilson left for Hood River Monday where he has employment Mrs. Virginia Chaney purchased a 1929 model Ford from the Dennis Motor Co. at Pendleton last Tues day. Carl Haddox also purchased a used car from the same company recently. It is a Studebaker eight Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leicht ac companied Mr. and Mrs. Sam Moore on a picnic in the mountains Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Aldrich left for northern California recently, where he has work for the winter months. Mr. Aldrich built himself a house car for the trip. Rev. Thomas was a business vis itor in town Monday. Miss Tegglebeck spent the week end at her home in La Grande. The Columbians orchestra played for a dance at Arlington Saturday night Roy and Ernest Bediwell motored to Cayuse Sunday to visit their un cle, Frank Stevens, and family. Mrs. Lyle Eddy received the news of the death of her grandmother Davis ta Idaho Falls Monday. Mrs. Davis was 84 years old. Roy Minnick, Earl Isora, Sam Umiker and Earl Leach went deer hunting in the mountains near Gib bon Sunday. Mrs. Roy Minnick gave a party at her home Saturday afternoon for several guests, honoring her daugh ter Luella's 7th birthday. R. V. Jones spent several hours Sunday branding his flock of 790 White Holland turkeys. Maxwell Jones left Wednesday for Kelso, Wash., where he expects to obtain work in the mills. Mrs. Bessie Wisdom is staying with Mrs. James Warner to assist her with the house work. LEXINGTON By BEULAH NICHOLS A meeting of Lexington grange will be held at the grange hall Sat urday evening and all members are urged to attend. A committee of men, with Clarence Bauman as chairman, have charge of the "eats" and we are looking forward to a real treat Vernon Scott is making a trip to Wisconsin with other Plymouth-De Soto dealers and will drive a new 1937 Plymouth back when he re turns. Laverne Wright has charge of the service station during his absence. A. M. Edwards who has been gone for several weeks while drilling a well is spending a few days at his home here. The local railroad station has closed for the winter months and the agent has gone to Portland. Ira Lewis and E. L. Smith are at tending the Pacific International Livestock exposition in Portland this week. Although not many people at tended the card party at the grange hall Friday night, those who were there report a very enjoyable eve ning. Hunters still come and go but very few have been lucky enough to bring in their deer. Ralph Jackson of Pendleton wa3 a business visitor here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall spent Friday in Pendleton. Kenneth Smouse, who s a student at Oregon State college, spent the week end at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Smouse. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Healy of Hepp ner were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Johnson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ruhl and Mrs. Laurel Ruhl were transacting busi ness in Pendleton Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt and family motored to Yakima Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt. Danny Dinges spent the week end in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Way and fam ily have moved into the Eskelson house. School News Marvin Cox resigned his position as yell leader for the high school and James McLaughlin was elected to fill the vacancy. The high school students are busy selling magazines. They are divid ed into two groups, the green and the gold; and it looks as though the greens will have to get busy if they intend to win a victory. "Straw Farming" Found Most Profitable Plan Grain growers, both east and west of the Cascade mountaiss, are be coming very much interested in "straw farming," as it has been more or less derisively termed in the past The increasing serious ness of wind and water erosion and steadily decreasing yields as land becomes older has brought many to the realization that plant residues cannot be wasted by burning with out resultant soil depletion, accord ing to observation of extension ser vice men. In the soil erosion demonstration areas east of the Cascades definite methods of incorporating both straw and stubble in the ground have been worked out West of the Cascades many farmers have ex pressed the hope that the agricul tural conservation program for 1937 will encourage this same practice. The extent to which "straw farm ing" has paid in some sections is illustrated by the case of George R. Miller, wheat grower of Belmont, Wash., whose record in this respect was examined recently by the Soil Conservation service. Seven years ago Miller started working in both straw and stubble with a disk tiller and found to his own satisfaction at least that the practice Increased his yield from 5 to 10 bushels to the acre. He continued this practice with some variations until last year when his sons were still unconvinc ed that the idea was a good one. In 1935 and 1936 he allowed his boys to prepare and grow 80 acres on clean summer fallow, directly beside 80 acres on trashy, straw filled fallow. The yield was almost 50 per cent higher on the latter tract Careful experiments made under eastern Oregon conditions where the rainfall is probably consider ably less than at Belmont have not shown the marked yield advantage In favor of trashy fallow. In fact iiimiimiiiiiiiiimiiimiiMiiiiiiiiiium At Heppner CHURCHES CIirilCH OF CHRIST ALVIN KLEINFELDT, Pastor Bible School 9:45 a. m. Morning services 11:00 a. m. C. E. Society 6:30 p. m. Evening services 7:30 p. m. Choir practice. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Midweek service, Thursday, 7:30 p. ra. Sunday is Rally Day In our Bible School. There will be a Bible School program. Attendance campaign will be launched. It is Roll Call Day at the morn ing servce. Everyone present will be. given an opportunity to enroll. It is Every Member Present Day in all of our services. Loyalty is the motive. Morning sermon, "A Call to Loy alty." Evening sermon, "Foolish Farm ers and Blundering Business Men." At the evenng service a souvenir will be presented to each family represented. Our Loyalty Campaign begins October 18. Remember that a beautiful framed picture, size 13 1-2 by 17 1-2 inches, will be given to the first person who hands in the cor rect answer to the question, "What Sin Causes the Most Sadness in the World?" This is to be the subject of the sermon on Sunday evening, Oct. 18. Anyone may offer an ans wer to this question. Other feature Sunday night ser vices to be announced soon. METHODIST CHTJCRH. REV. R. C. YOUNG, Pastor. Bible School . 9:45 a. m. Morning Worship 11:00 a. m. Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Evening Service 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Boy's Club 7:00 p. m. Thursday, Fellowhip Meeting, 7:30 p.m. How often do we take the exper iences of life more seriously than we do the promises of God. We allow ourselves to become so con fused with the problems of " life, that we are almost helpless and hopeless. What a wonderful thing it is when we can take a promise like .the following and make it a part of our every day living: "Do not be anxious about any thing; but under all circumstances by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God. Then the Peace of God, which is beyond all human un derstanding, will stand guard over our hearts and thoughts, through our union with Christ Jesus. And my God out of the greatness of His wealth will, in glory, fully satisfy our every need, through our union with Christ Jesus." Philippians 4, 6, 7-7, 19. If you are in need of a church home we extend to you a warm welcome. GUS IS COMING. THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD. Rev. E. D. Greeley. Sunday services: Bible school 9:45 a. m. Fellowship and preaching 11. Evangelistic meeting 7:45 p. m. An extra special meeting will be held Friday evening this week, at which service Miss Mildred Ginn, returned missionary of the Assem blies of God from Mavelikara, Trav ancore, South India, will bring an interesting message. Miss Ginn is traveling through the northwest and we consider it a privilege to extend to the public this invitation. Next week our regular services will be resumed on Wednesday eve ning. in some years actual yield has been in favor of the clean fallow on a short time basis. Instances where farmers have followed the practice of turning under stubble and straw for a considerable number of years, however, show the land to be in better condition and more produc tive than where straw and stubble burning has been practiced. Re gardless of slight fluctuations in yield, however, it is the opinion of soils men that the erosion factor alone is going to compel the incor poration of straw and stubble into the soil. For Sale 400 head 3-yr.-old fine wool ewes, 350 head 5- and 6-yr.-old fine wool ewes. Lotus Robison, Heppner, Ore. 28tf. WE PAY SPOT CREAM MORROW COUNTY CREAMERY CO. Announcement to HOME OWNERS and PROSPECTIVE BUILDERS MR. HARRY H. O'CONNOR Field representative of PIONEER FLINT COTE CO.", Los Angeles, expert on FHA prob lems, will be at Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. office in HEPPNER next WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Call 291 for Appointment Mr. O'Connor will be glad to talk over build ing and finance problems with you. TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. SB?, news Reduced Debt Red Tape. Betting Income. By A. L. LINDBECK SALEM. Oregons' 36 counties re-1 duced their bond and warrant debt burden by nearly $3,000,000 during the past two years, according to a survey just completed by State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman. Every county In the state shows a reduction in its outstanding indebt edness during the two year period with Clatsop wiping out its debt en tirely to join Linn and Marion for a total of three counties which now boast a clean slate with neither out standing bonds or warrants. Six other counties, in addition to these three, have no outstanding bonds. These are Columbia, Douglas, Jose phine, Polk, Umatilla and Wash ington. The aggregate bonded debt of the counties is shown to have been re duced from $24,051,452 on July 1, 1934, to $21,365,054 on the same date this year. Road warrants of the counties, however, show an increase from $750,086.63 to $1,060,953.71 in the two year period but the combined bond and road warrant debt was whittled from $24,801,538.63 to $22, 426,007.71. Sinking funds for the retirement of road bonds were built up from a total of $1,367,965.66 on July 1, 1934, to $1,409,105.31 on July 1, 1936. Most of the counties are shown to have reduced their general fund warrant indebtedness during the past two years, the aggregate of this debt being whittled from $2, 698,202.47 to $2,183,798.82. The net indebtedness of the 36 counties, including all bonds and Warrants but deducting sinking funds, totalled $23,200,701.22 on July 1, this year, compared with $26,131, 777.44 two years ago. Only three counties Coos, Crook and Grant are shown to have a debt load in excess of five percent of their assessed valuations and only three others Morrow, Multnomah and Wheeler are indebted for more than four percent of their valua tions. Columbia county with a debt ratio of only 0.12 percent is shown to be carrying the lightest proportionate debt load of any of the counties which still have outstanding bonds or warrants while Coos county with a debt ratio of 5.59 percent is carry ing the heaviest proportionate load. Orville Gamble, superintendent of the employment institution for adult blind is again under fire. Four members of his advisory board have signed a formal complaint address ed to Gov. Martin and the board of control charging Gamble with failure to cooperate with his ad visors. Friction between Gamble and his advisory boferd last spring resulted in the removal of three of the board members by Governor Martin and the appointment of three new members. The present situation is expected to culminate either in the removal of the super intendent or another shake-up in his advisory board. , The forest fire situation in Coos and Curry counties has kept Gov ernor Martin pretty close to his of fice the past ten days. On the Sun day following the destruction of Bandon the governor spent the en tire day in his office directing mo bilization of fire fighters and con tacting state and federal relief agencies to rush emergency sup plies into the stricken area. The governor did not even take time out to celebrate his 73rd birthday on Thursday of last week. The newly organized flax cooper atives at Mount Angel, Canby and Springfield will receive the whole hearted cooperation of the state board of control in any problem arising in connection with these projects. The board, after a con ference with representatives of the three associations, announced that the state would not contract for any flax In the territory covered by CASH FOR and EGGS the cooperatives. The prison flax plant, however, will take over any surplus flax which either of the co operatives find themselves burdened with. Plans are under way for In creasing the acreage of flax In the Willamette valley to 4000 next year. PWA red tape has necessitated postponement of the date for open ing bids on the state capltol job un til the latter part of November. The capitol commission at a meeting this week set the date for award ing the contract tentatively at No vember 20 with a possibility that the tme might have to be extended still another week until November 27. Purchase of 6595 acres of timber ed land in the Mary's Peak section of Benton county was recommend ed to the federal forest reservation commission several months ago by the state board of forestry. The area will be added to the national forest. Cutting of timber on this tract, It is understood, will be placed strictly on a sustained yield basis. State police presented arrest tick ets to 665 motorists during August while 6220 other motorists drew warning slips during the month. Failure to possess an operators' li cense caused the arrest of 102 mo torists while 55 others were cited to appear in court to answer speeding charges. The state liquor commission was not bluffing when it threatened to install its own delivery system If Julia Lee Wright, nationally known In Home Economics circles, presents her famous "woman's recipe" In JULIA LEE WRIGHT BREAD. Supreme quality finest Ingredients light but Arm texture' elusive flavor. Be sure to try this new super-bread baked In L Safeway's own home bakery. MEATS PICNICS Fancy boned and rolled PER LB. 29c BACON Fancy Dry Cure Breakfast PER LB. . . L J LARD PURE HOG LARD 8 Lb. Pail $ J 29 Shortening 8 lbs.... 89c L J CVDTTD Why pay more when you can get the bestfor LESS Pt. Jug 19c &&lf. T OCn Vjl. jug OOK Yi Gallon Jug 69c 5 Lb. Tin 69c 10 Lb. Tin $1.29 i 1 FLOUR HARVEST BLOSSOM 49 Lb. Bag $1.49 BARRELL $5.89 KITCHEN CRAFT 49 Lb. Bag $1.89 BARRELL $7.39 PRICES EFFECTIVE FRI. - SAT. M0N.-T m 1 truck lines fall to reduce their freight rates Chairman A. K. Mc Mahan of Albany declared while on a visit to Salem this week for a con ference with Governor Martin. Mc Mahan estimates that the commis sion could save at least $20,000 a year by owning and operating its own trucks. Protests of Salem citizens against the high board fence being erected around the site of the new capitol building were not in vain after all. QUALIFIED and EXPERIENCED G. A. Bleakman Write-in Candidate for COUNTY JUDGE (Paid adv.) Election Nov. 3, 1936 YOUR DOLLARS GO FARTHER HERE CORN, cream stvle. BK. POWDER . 10 K. C. or Clabbor Girl TOMATO JUICE, 13 tins 16 oz. Walla Walla MILK 13 tall tins Federal, Maximum or Oregon CRACKERS Salted or Grahams 2 Lb. Box SOAP Maxine Toilet, richly per fumed, lathers freely In cold water. 6B, 29' ars TEA Canterbury quality 1 6 oz. Black 49c 1 6 oz. Green 35c PUREX, Gallon Jug 24C CLEANSER, Sunbrite, 6 Tins 25c HOMINY, Van Camp, No. l tins, 10 for $1 MUSTARD, Bronson's, Qt. Jar 15C PAR, 1 large pkg., 1 small pkg. Both . 30C PEANUT BUTTER, 2 Lbs 25c SYRUP, pure com in bulk, Gallon . . . 69C FRESH PRODUCE HONEY Wattenburger's Potatoes, U. S. No. 2s j a t,r a j i a 50 Lbs. .. $1.09 10 Ml 81.10 LETTUCE, large heads 2 for :. 15c mSSl i?' PARSNIPS, 6 Lbs. 25c- lPTOfij ORANGES, for juice fcfCj!2 ?S 2 Doz 45c L ZoC The capitol commission has heard and heeded. Orders have been Is sued to substitute a wire panel In stead of the boards so that taxpay ers and others interested might fol low the progress of the building operations from the side lines. ABOUT YOUR EYES, See Dr. Clarke of Portland about them. In lone, Tuesday, Oct 13, at the Harris hotel. In Heppner Wed nesday, Oct 14, at the Heppner ho tel. Adv. 30-31 LARGE 1 Lb. Loaf I i Lb. Loaf 10c 14c o tins A Lbs. t QO 1r I I BIG COFFEE SALE CONTINUES AIRWAY, 3 lbs. 45c NOB HILL, 3 lbs. 63c iTOnES 4