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Newspaper Page Text, SOCIETY teed ;el po c T L R 1 Volume 52, Number 33. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct 22, 1936. Subscription $2.00 a Year RECORD CROWD AT HON Col. C. C. Boone, Mrs. Sar ah Booher Honored as Oldest Attendants. PIERCE IS SPEAKER Representative Relates Early Ex periences in County; Big Din ner and Program Enjoyed. By BEULAH NICHOLS The Pioneers' Reunion which was held here Saturday drew a larger crowd than in previous years. Many old-time residents came for the oc casion and spent the day greeting old acquaintances. The oldest per son present was C. C. Boone of Roseburg, who for many years was a resident of this community. Mr. Boone is past 90 years of age. The oldest woman present was "Aunt Sallie" Booher, founder of the Pio neers' Reunion in Lexington. Fol lowing the big basket dinner at the noon hour an interesting program was given. This was started with group singing of old favorite songs. Two numbers by the Heppner school band added much to the program. Walter M. Pierce spoke of his ex periences while a resident of Mor row county some fifty years ago. Gerry Cutler gave a tap dance and Jessie Cole sang. The Lions' quar tet, Joe Belanger, Blaine Isom, R. C. Lawrence and Frank Turner, en tertained the audience with several numbers which were enjoyed by all. Following a whistling duet by Mrs. H. H Crook and Mrs. Truman Messenger, "Cowboy Joe" (Mildred Hunt) sang "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine," with guitar accompani ment Miss Jean Crawford sang two beautiful numbers, "Love's Old Sweet Song" and "In the Gloam ing." Joyce Biddle entertained with a tap dance and Mrs. Crook played a piano solo. This was followed by a tap dance by Doris Padberg, Wil ma Tucker and Edith , Edwards. The program was concluded by a solo by Miss Ralph of lone and a spinning demonstration by Opal Cool. Among out-of-town people here for the reunion were C. C. Boone of Roseburg, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wells and son Billy of Pendleton and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shaw and sons of Hermiston. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald White of Hermiston spent the week end with Mr. White's mother, Mrs. Sarah C. White. Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan and Mrs. Lou Broadley of Cherry vllle were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Warner and other relatives. They attended the pio neers' reunion while here. A physician was called from Heppner Friday evening to attend Danny Dingeg who was quite ill with ptomaine poisoning. Ted Johnson, a former Lexing tonite, took time off from his duties as merchant at Gresham to return to his home town Saturday and say "hello" to his many friends here. U. S. Burt, democratic nominee for state treasurer, and Alfred P. Dobson, democratic nominee for at torney general, were calling on Lexington voters Saturday. Mrs. Bill Barnhouse of Antone was a week-end guest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Phillips and daughter Jessalyn of Kinzua were here over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gentry of Halfway and Mrs. Gentry's sister, Mrs. Nancy McWaters of Baker, came over for the reunion and en joyed a visit with their many friends In this community, Week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moyer were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tucker and the Misses Juanita and Evelyn Davis of Grandvlew, Wash. Mrs. Ralph Jackson and children of Pendleton were here for the re union. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Miller of Jef ferson are spending a few days with Lexington friends while looking af ter business interests in this com munity. They attended the pio neers' reunion Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nelson are in Portland this week. Mrs. Nelson is having some dental work done while in the city. Miss Leta Humphreys and Miss Rose Letbbrand of Heppner were visitors In this city Wednesday. Mrs. Paul DeF. Mortimore and Miss Edith Tucker of La Grande spent the week end with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tucker. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Campbell spent the week end in Salem where Mr. Campbell attended the prin clpals' conference. Mrs. E. C. Noble of Langdon Lake and Mr. and Mrs. D. Smith and children of Baker were week end guests of Mrs, Noble's sister, Miss Merle Carmlchael. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and children came over from their home at Yakima to attend the pioneers' reunion. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall while here. T. W. Cutsforth, who spent the summer In Lakeview at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Broslus, is visiting his son, Orville Cuts forth. Mrs. Vernon Scott spent Monday In Heppner at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sprinkel. Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Miller of State Range Improvement Program Details Okehed With all details finally approved, Oregon stockmen who care to co operate in the range building pro gram may make application for range examination at once and be gin work immediately thereafter, announces F. L. Ballard, vice-director of the extension service at Oregon State college. Nine specific practices of range improvement have been approved for Oregon and the rates for each specified. These are for the 1936 program, and because of the short time remaining between now and the end of the year, utmost speed will be applied to all steps of the program. New range practices in itiating on or after September 9, the date Secretary Wallace announced the program, may qualify for pay ment under the program, if and when they are finally approved by tne county committee. The first step for stockmen ia to obtain postcard applications from tne office of the county agent or the county agricultural conserva tion committee and apply for an examination of their privately own ed range. A range examiner will then come to the ranch, inspect the range and establish the grazing ca pacity of the ranching unit The stockman will indicate the prac tices he wishes to perform, and the examiner will report to the county committee and it in turn will sup ply the stockman with authoriza tion to proceed with the practices approved. After the work is com pleted, reports of performance and application for payment are sub mitted the same as under other phases of the agricultural conser vation program. In approving the program for Or egon and other western states, Geo. E. Farrell, director of this region, empnasized again that the ranee betterment program is not a cattle or sheep reduction program, but simply one of private range im provement, and pointed out that, as usual, participation is entirely vol untary. Farrell has also approved the an- pointment of Ed Kavanaugh, assist ant regional forester of the U. S. forest service, and R. G. Johnson, professor of animal husbandry at Oregon State college, as additional members of the state technical committee, which advises on tech nical matters connected with the agricultural conservation program. me payments which each stock man can earn are limited by the grazing capacity of his ranch, on the basis of $2 for each animal unit that it is determined the range can carry. For Instance, if the grazing capacity were round to be 100 ani mal units, the maximum payments which could be earned this yeai would be $200. One animal unit is considered one head of cattle, or one horse, or five sheep, or the equivalent Following are the practices which have been approved for Oregon and the rates of payment for them: Contouring, 60 cents an acre: de veloping of springs and seeps, $50 per spring or seep; earthen pits or reservoirs for holding rainfall, 15 cents per cubic yard of fill or exca vation; wells, $1 per linear foot of well dug or drilled; water spread ing, lu cents per 100 linear feet of permanent ditching. Reseeding depleted ranee land. $2.50 an acre for reseeding with crested wheat grass; $1.25 an acre for reseeding with slender wheat grass, western wheat grass, or brome grass. Range fencing, 30 cents a rod; fireguards, 3 cents per 100 linear feet; rodent control, 15 cents an Infested acre for pocket gophers. BPW Continues Safety Campaign; Six Inducted Business and Professional Worn- ens club laid plans at its luncheon at the hotel Monday evening to con tinue the automobile drivers' safe ty campaign launched early in the summer. Mrs. Clara Beamer has assumed the chairmanship. In this campaign bumper plates are sold at 25 cents each indicating the owner as having signed a "safe driver" pledge card. Mrs. Beamer was also named treasurer to succeed Mrs. Helen McClaskey who has removed her residence. Seventeen mem bers were present and participat ed in discussion of the year's ac tivities. After luncheon six new members were inducted at initiation at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Dlx. Those Initiated were Verla Tonole, Freda Sharp, Catherine Mitchell, Doro thy Peterson, Rose Lelbbrand and Gaynelle Alfred. Mrs. Frances Blakely presented the club a needlepoint pillow top, made by Mrs. H. O. Tenney, to be given away in the near future. This charming piece of artwork is on display at the Frances Shop. Food sale by Rebekahs, Hughes & Hughes, Sat, Oct. 24. Umatilla were here for the pioneers' reunion Saturday. Rev. Miller was formerly pastor of the South Meth odist church In this city. M. E. Bundy and son Dale are looking after business Interests In this community. The next regular meeting of the Parent-Teacher asociatlon will be held Wednesday evening in the high school ' auditorium, beglnnnlg at 7:30. The committee in charge of the pioneers' reunion wishes to express its appreciation to all who assist ed In making this year's reunion such a complete success. Ray Phillips, who has been ill with influenza, has returned to his home from the Heppner hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Miller were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Peck Monday evening. SMITH '. HUGHES MEN HOLD MEET Value of Soil Erosion Control Cited by Service Worker at Arlington ; Local Instructor Attends. Smith-Hughes instructirs from high schools of central Oregon met last Saturday at Arlington to confer with A. L. Hafenrtchter who is in charge of the nurseries section of the Soil Conservation service on work being done in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The meeting was called by Earl Cooley, supervisor of agricultural educa tion in Oregon, in order to give the teachers an opportunity to get bet ter acquainted with this phase of the work of the Soil Conservation service. One of the first jobs that was as signed to the nurseries division, ac cording to Hafenrichter, was to se cure seeds of plants that are needed for soil holding purposes, not only in this part of the United States but in others. Explorers had to be sent out to locate the sources of some of these seeds and later ar rangements had to be made to har vest the seed. In 1936 the Soil Con servation service harvested 1,237,000 pounds of these native grass seeds for use in demonstrations in various parts of the United States. Heretofore mankind has looked at plants from the point of view of their usefulness as food, feed or fibre, so Hafenrichter said at the meeting. With the recognition of the necessity of holding soils so that they cannot be moved either by wind or water a revaluation process has been taking and is tak ing place. The old crops, such as the grasses and legumes, clover and alfalfa, and trees do a good job. But Hafenrichter is of the opin ion there are grasses and legumes that are as yet unknown that will do a much better job of fastening the soil down. It is the work of the experiment stations, the bureau of plant industry and the soil con servation service working together, as they are now, to find these new varieties and test them out. It is only when the new strain or variety is tried alongside of the old one that we can tell whether we have an im provement or not Getting some of the old native grasses to perform is not so easy. In nature they have somehow per petuated themselves. But when the seed is put under cultivation it sometimes has a way of refusing to grow. The plant through the ages has learned to adapt itself to limit ed rainfall, terrific heat, and sub zero cold, but when its seed is put into the nursery in a well-prepared bed, with lots of water and shade in the summer it doesn't grow. Some varieties of the grass have been found that have dormant periods of two or three years. The dormancy of some of the seeds can be short ened by putting them in refriger ation for awhile, with others by subjecting them to an acid treat ment, with still others by gassing them. One of the jobs of the nur sery section is to find ways of grow ing these crops, then test them out and when a good, new one is found to help farmers learn how to grow it Those who attended the confer ence were W. S. Bennett, Arlington ; Charles Reider, The Dalles; V. C. Hill, Condon; R. E. Grimes, Hepp ner; Floyd McDonald, Pendleton; A. C. McLean, Dufur; A. Burr Black, Boardman; Earl Cooley, Sal em, and Dr. A. L. Hafenrichter and C. H. Briggs of the Soil Conserva tion service. New Realty Company Shares Abstract Office The Morrow County Realty com pany is a newly organized company here with Walter Eubanks, Harry Duvall and F. B. Nickerson as' in corporators. The company has of fices with Morrow County Abstract and Title Insurance Co., of which Mr. Nickerson is proprietor, in the new Peters building on. the corner of Main and Willow streets. The company's office has its entrance on Willow street The office is being attractively furnished. It acquired the counter formerly used by Farmers & Stock- growers National bank. Included in the office equipment is a fireproof and burglar-proof vault for the pro tection of valuable papers. Includ ed in the vault's contents is a tran script of the county's deed and pat ent records for many years, com pared and verified, which would be invaluable if anything should hap pen to the records at the court house. Carl W. Troedson to Sail On World's Largest Ship When the Queen Mary, pride of English passenger vessels, sails from New York harbor November 4, she will carry in her passenger list Carl W. Troedson, young far mer of the lone district son of Mr. and Mrs. Johan Troedson of lone. Mr. Troedson's destination will be the homeland of his parents, Swe den. Mr. Troedson will leave next week for New York preparatory to sail ing. He will spend a month in the old country, his address being Ran arp, Forslovsholm, Sweden, c-o Al len Peterson. BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETS. The county budget committee Btarted grinding yesterday on the budget for the coming year. Sitting In with the court were Henry Bak er, A. H. Nelson, David Hynd, Frank Wilkinson and Frank Sallng. Hugh Grimm, another member of the committee, was absent. Heppner Scores Victory Over Condon Friday By P. McCARTY and DON TURNER At Condon last Friday the Hepp ner high school football team show ed a decided improvement by send ing a hard fighting Condon team down to defeat by 12 to 6. ' The local high school's ace back fleld men, Gilman and Van Marter, provided with excellent interfer ence, easily outgained Condon's triple-threat man, Cook. In the first period the Irish de fense looked bad when Condon, capitalizing on breaks, pushed over a touchdown. They failed to con vert The Morrow county boys showed their metal, however, when they quickly retaliated, scoring just after the opening of the second quarter. Conversion was unsuccess ful. The score at the half was tied at 6-alL Heppner scored their second tally in the 3rd quarter when Munkers, taking a cross-buck from Van Marter on Condon's 25 yard line, lateralled to Gilman, who crossed the goal line standing up. Try for point failed. In the fourth quarter no score was made on either side. Heppner gained 385 yards from the line of scrimmage by their pow erful running and passing attack. The dine functioned much better, opening up large holes for Van Mar ter s cruncher play, and doing sparkling work on defense, with the exception of the first period. The lineman making the most tackles was a freshman, Harold Armstrong. King and Hoskins also made their share. The Gilman to Hoskins shove pass worked excep tionally well. Munkers, blocking quarterback, played his usual bang up game. The same teams will face each other again at the local field Friday at 3:00. Your support is appreciat ed. Miss Herren One of 150 United Air Stewardesses Eight attractive young Oregon women are among the 150 steward esses now serving aboard planes of United Air Lines on the company's coast-to-coast and Pacific coast airways, according to N. B. Rader, district traffic manager. "Beaver" state girls flying on the big sky liners include: Dorothy Herren, Heppner; Betty Jane Proctor, Woodburn; Ruth Ag nes Kellaher and Aletha Gabie, Portland; Catherine McGonigle and Jessie Duncan Thomson, Pendleton; Frona Clay, The Dalles, nad Faye Hendrickson, Pnneville. To meet United Air Lines' strict requirements for stewardess posi tions, candidates must be graduate registered nurses a qualification imposed because registered nurses are trained thoroughly in discipline ad are adept in dealing properly and pleasantly with all types of people. It is specified that stewardesses must be not over five feet four inches tall, not more than 120 pounds in wegiht and from twenty one to twenty-seven years of age. Attractiveness, personality, and a knowledge of current events also are qualifications, since steward esses must converse with passen gers as well as serve meals aloft, check tickets and handle such oth er routine duties. Former Resident Dies At Washington Home Mrs. J. Frank Hall of Naches, Wash., passed away In the family home, October 16. Mrs. Hall will be remembered as Edith Marlatt, daughter of Mrs. Melissa Marlatt of Heppner. She leaves her husband and one daughter, Laura; two sisters, Mrs. L. N. Morgan of Heppner, Mrs. Jack Wheeler of Ellensburg, Wash.; two brothers, Ralph Marlatt of Heppner and Raymond Marlatt of Riggins, Idaho, and a half-sister, Mrs. Laura Crabb of Cavendish, Idaho. Mrs. Hall was the first child born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marlatt, pioneers of this city. She was born June 22, 1888, and made her home in Heppner continuously until 1911. On November 29, 1908, she was mar ried to J. Frank Hall who owned the city meat market with John Kinsman. In 1911 they moved to Amboy, Wash., but returned the fol lowing year and remained until 1915. In 1916 they moved to Wash ington again and resided there since. For the last 13 years they have lived at Naches where Mr. Hall owns a fruit ranch. Shaw and Sons of Yakima, Wash., were in charge of the services which were held October 19 at 3 p. m. The Rev. Charles Ghormley of the First Presbyterian church In Yakima and Rev. R. M. Broadbrook of Naches officiated. Burial was held at Ter race Heights Memorial park. Talent Preparing for Local Library Benefit Much of the amateur theatrical talent of Morrow county is round ing into shape for the annual Li brary Stunt Nite to be held In the gym-auditorium in Heppner, Fri day evening, October 30, announces Mrs. Vawter Parker, general chair man of the event. Most of the organizations of Heppner, and several schools and other organizations of other county communities are preparing to as sist in what promises to be one of the outstanding home-talent enter tainments ever presented locally. Popular admission prices of 35 and 10 cents will be charged, the pro ceeds to go into the library fund, mainly for the purchase of books. FRED RITCHIE DIES SUDDENLY AT I0NE Takes 111 While Unloading Wood; Rites Held Saturday; Other News of the Week. By MARGARET BLAKE Fred Ritchie, a native and life long resident of this community, died at his home last Thursday af ter an illness of only an hour or so. Mr. Ritchie had helped his son Ar thur haul wood from the moun tains and while unloading at the Charles Beckett ranch he became suddenly ill. His son rushed him home as fast as possible but he passed away before medical help could reach him. Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at the Christian church with Rev. E. D. Greeley of the Heppner Pentecostal Mission officiating and Phelps Funeral home in charge. Music was sung by Mrs. Walter Roberts and Mrs. Ture Pe terson, accompanied by Mrs. E. J. Blake. Pallbearers were Roy and Albert Lindstrom, Ray Barnett Walter Corley, O. G. Haguewood and Ture Peterson. Many beautiful flowers surrounded the casket In terment was in the L O. O. F. cem etery. Mr. Ritchie leaves his widow, Mrs. Ethel Ritchie, two daughters, Mrs. Edris Lindstrom and Mrs. Winona McCabe, two sons, Arthur and Fred, Jr., all of lone; two brothers, George or .Portland and Charles of Hepp ner, and three sisters, Mrs. Rose Miller and Mrs. Ida Rolphson of Portland and Mrs. Alice Cochran of Heppner. Among out of town relatives at tending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Sharp of Condon, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bucknum and Mrs. Fred Ross of Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Ritchie of Hermiston, George Ritchie of Portland and Charles Ritchie of Heppner. All of his sisters were prevented by ill health from attending. At a meeting held at the school house Saturday afternoon the bud get for the next year was accept ed and the necessary tax approved. E. R. Lundell was elected to serve on the school board to complete the term of H. D. McCurdy, resigned. Only four persons were present at the meeting. Charles Chick of Multnomah stopped here for a short time last Thursday to call on old friends. Mrs. Walter Corley went to Cali fornia Monday with her sister, Mrs. Bergina Moore, who has been a guest at her home the past two weeks. Mrs. Corley will visit rel atives in the southern state for two weeks or more. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swanson re turned last Wednesday from a va cation trip which took them by way of Idaho to Salt Lake City, then to Boulder Dam and California. They report a delightful trip. Richard Peterson with his son and daughter visited here from Kimberley last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Timm spent two days of last week at their ranch here. Mr. and Mrs. Timm are well pleased with their new location near Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Ture Peterson spent Sunday at Kimberley at the home of Mr. Peterson's brother, Richard. 'Onntfmipd on fire Four) 4-H Club Winner Relates Experiences as Bank Guest By JAMES H. PECK. Monday morning, October 5, Miss Frances Wilkinson and myself ac companied Mr. Morton of the Hepp ner branch bank to Portland. Ar riving in the afternoon we regis tered at the Heathman hotel, await ing the arrival of all 4-H club win ners in the First National bank's county achievement and leadership contest. We were put under charge of Miss Bertha Singer and Grant Hemphill of the bank staff. A forty passenger bus was placed at our disposal and at 5 o'clock we pro ceeded to the Pacific International. We dined at Penny hall, within the grounds. Mr. O. M. Plummer, man ager of the P. I., and others made speeches while we ate, after which we attended the rodeo. This in cluded viewing the stock show, hearing the Army band play, watch ing the Army horses jump fences and the riding of Brahma steers. Tuesday morning we took break fast at the Heathman hotel and were grouped in front of the hotel for a picture, after which we were taken to the First National Bank of Portland. We entered the lobby and were taken downstairs where we inspected three large vaults, Miss Singer explaining to us how they worked; then into a large room of safe deposit booths. To get ac cess to a booth, a patron was given a safe deposit entrance ticket on which was stamped the number, year, month, day, and hour. Each booth had a door ajar. A person might go Into a booth and transact business, but when he left, the door automatically closed and was locked until an Inspector opened it This they explained was a dobule safe guard to them and to their patrons. We then went up one or two stories where they showed us a machlno with a hopper and several tubes running down with a small bag at tached to each. A hat full of coins could bo poured In. The machine would begin to whirl and the coins half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies would come out in their proper sack. They then took us thropgh the bookkeeping department. Here we watched a ma chine seal envelopes. We were also shown a quantity of old coins of all Two Ballot Measures Explained Before Lions An unbiased discussion of two ballot measures was given before the Lions luncheon, Monday, by S. E. Notson, district attorney. They are the "Tax Limitation Constitu tional Amendment for School Dis tricts Having 100,000 Population," and "Amendment Limiting and Re ducing Permissable Taxes on Tan gible Personal Property." The school district tax amend ment affects only the city of Port land, and the amendment Is of fered mainlv at the instigation of city teachers to establish a tax base this year which will permit a return to the old salary schedule existing before the slump, without necessity of calling a special election. In ef fect the amendment would not limit taxes, as the name Implies, Mr. Not son said. But it would remove the existing 6 percent limitation, mak ing possioie a neavier levy to meet increased demands for salary In creases and other necessary expen ses of School District No. 1 of Port land. A need for the salary increase is evidenced by the large number of good teachers Portland is losing to other cities paying higher salar ies, said the speaker. The other tax measure actually limits the amount of taxes which may be levied against real and tan gible personal property, and would effect quite a drastic reduction over the Deriod of a few vears' time Mr. Notson said. The bill is proposed oy tne Portland Realty board whose members plead for relief from taxes on their nrnoertv whfn.h hnv Koon out of line with income. Stinnmrn of the bill offer no alternative source of revenue, and passage of the bill would mean drastic reductions in government expenditures of every nature, striking the schools espec ially hard, said Mr. Notson. Legion Officers Installed By District Com. Dukek At ceremonies held at Legion headquarters in the Fair pavilion Monday evening Ray Dukek, dis trict commander of the American Legion for the sixth district in stalled officers of lone post No. 95 and Heppner post No. 87. Follow ing the meeting refreshments of hamburgers and flxin's, with cof fee and doughnuts were served. Preceding the installation Loyal Parker was elected to serve the local post as adjutant and finance officer. Officers installed for lone post were Fred Zielke, commander; Otto Rietmann, vice commander; Ray Turner finance officer; Lee Howell, adjutant Jack Farris, ser vice officer; Jack Wagner, chap lain. Other members of lone post attending were Earl Blake and Fred Nichoson. For Heppner post Alva Jones was installed as commander, Clarence Hesseltine as vice-commander, Loyal Parker as adjutant finance officer. Other officers re cently elected were not present for installation. C. A. Macomber Is re tiring commander of Heppner post HOLD DANCING PARTY. Woolgrowers auxiliary was host to a number of woolgrowers' fam ilies and friends at the Episcopal parish house last Friday evening. The evening was spent in dancing to music played by Norborne Peavy, Norton King, "Bud" Lundell and Buddy Blakely. Refreshments of sandwiches, pie and coffee rounded out a delightful evening. ages and nations and in size from one quarter to perhaps 2 inches across.. We then took our bus for the stock show. At the grounds each county group of two had their pic tures taken, and a life history of each member was recorded. The rest of the morning was spent in looking over the stock exhibits and watching the hog and cattle judg ing. For lunch we dined at The Red Steer cafe within the grounds. After lunch we entered our bus and were taken to the Catholic Grotto. From the foot of the cliff we were lifted by elevator one hundred and fifty feet to the top of the cliff. Here we were received and the Father showed us about and ex plained the seven shrines and the monastery, and he pointed out the stone quarry that will furnish the rock to build the cathedral that will rise 450 feet above the cliff, when completed. We then descend ed the cliff by way of the elevator and were taken by bus to Swan Is land airport We drove around the island and saw but one airplane land. At about 4 o'clock we re turned to our hotel to make our selves ready for the bankers' ban quet This banuet was served on the second floor of the Heathman hotel. The pictures taken that morning were placed about the ban quet table and each located his place by finding his name. Mr. C. B. Stephenson, vice pres- Ident Mr. Seymour, state 4-H club leader, and several of the bank staff were present After the banquet we attenoea the Paramount thea. ter, where we saw the show "The Ueneral Dies at Dawn." Wednesday morning after break fast at the hotel, we went out to the cattle judging and sale. At 11:30 we started home with Mr. Morton. stopping for a view of the city of Eonnevme. The thing I most valued was the showing of 4-H club cattle and sheep by their owners. The Catholic Grotto and seven shrines were the most interesting tnings or my trip through Port land, and I also appreciate the prlv- liege of having been shown through tne oanxing institution. Eli FOR MO GIVEN More Than Fifty People Respond to Call, Start Organization. DIRECTORS NAMED Opinions and Discussions Air Past Faults; More Determination, Cooperation Seen. More than fifty Morrow county people answered the challenge of whether to continue the Heppner Rodeo, at a meeting at the Elks club last evening, and voted unan imously for Its continuance. Repre sented were thirty business houses of the ctiy as well as interested far mers and stockmen. Starting the organization for the coming year, the group named Hen ry Aiken, past president; Len. L. Gilliam, veteran secretary; R. C. Lawrence, Tony Vey, Harlan Mc Curdy, Scott Furlong and Frank Swaggart on the board of direct ors. The directors are expected to meet at an early date to complete the organization by naming the ad ministrative head, secretary, and managers of the several show de partments. Joseph Belanger acted as tem porary chairman of last night's meeting, called as a postponed ses sion of the regularly advertised an nual meeting three weeks before which failed to draw large enough attendance to justify proceeding with the organization. He opened discussion on the matter of con tinuing the Rodeo, and without ex ception those who spoke favored continuance. Mr. Aiken, who handed in his res ignation as president at the preced ing session, was first called upon to express his views. He said he had resigned because the community had failed to show a proper spirit of cooperation. "People haven't got behind the show as they should, leaving the brunt of the work on the few who were willing to go ahead. The Rodeo must have pub lic spirited citizens behind It if it is to be successful, and if they want the show it Is up to them to do it I am for anything for Heppner, whether it's a camp meeting or whatever it is, and am willing to do my part, but I'm tired of taking the kicks." Frank Swagagrt, who has given much assistance to the Rodeo in past years by providing race horses, said, "I don't want to see the Rodeo die. It is too good a show to see die, if we can keep it going." Dr. R. C. Lawrence said: "I have enjoyed helping with the show. It has been a fine vacation and chance for people to have a good time. Those who say Rodeo doesn't help business are mistaken. A lot of money is spent in town and every one gets a 'crack' at It before It leaves town. The show needs the moral help of everyone. I want to see It continued. A fair In connec tion, if people want it might help." D.A.Wilson: "To me it seems as If the Rodeo is a tradition. I would feel like a quitter If we should drop it now. Things can be done to add to interest a fair would help. Be lieve we can add to it and make it a success." John Anglin: "I believe it Is a mistake to quit the Rodeo. While there is a lull In business at the time, there is a pick-up before and after to compensate. If an evening pageant could be worked out, I be lieve it would be a fine thing." These are typical views of the sentiment expressed. Mr. Belanger answered the question of the pos- siDility or a fair replacing the Ro deo. He said that It was out of the question. Building a fair is neces sarily a slow process, he said. Peo ple must acquire the habit of rais ing livestock and other things to show, which precludes the possi bility of making a fair all at once. He believed strides had been made in the 4-H club fair and the wool and grain show, but did not think the fair in any way replaced Rodeo. Discussion delved Into several features of the show itself, bring ing views on ways in which rev enue might be augmented to make the Rodeo entirely self-supporting. Several shortcomings were admit ted by those who handled various departments, some of which were not forseen and others which those in charge were powerless to rem edy. But from the entire discus sion there was developed a strong er sense of determination, and a better feelln gof cooperation which bodes well for the future. CATTLE TRUCK OVERTURNS. Dillard French, pioneer stock man, and Richard Gilliland were with a truck load of cattle which overturned by the Hynd Bros, ranch near Cecil while on the way to Port land Saturday. The truck was moving slowly when the shifting weight of the animals caused it to turn over. Both men escaped In jury, "but one steer was Injured. The truck was brought back to Heppner for repair HALLOWE'EN DANCE SET. October 31 Is the date for the Hallowe'en dance to be held at the grange hall at Cecil. Preceding the dance there will be games and stunts suitable for the occasion. A good time is assured all, so be sura and come, says the committee in charge. Remember the date, Satur day, Oct 31.