OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. ORE.
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Volume 52, Number 52.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Sportsmen's Club
Launches Drive
On Crows, Magpies
Mark Merrill Heads
Group for Year; To
Work for Members.
More game birds for Morrow
county is the objective of a cam
paign being launched by Morrow
County Hunters and Anglers club
to reduce the numbers of their nat
ural enemies crows, hawks and
magpies.
Groundwork for the campaign was
laid at the club's annual meeting at
the Elks club Monday evening, as
the organization started another year
with a new set of officers: Mark
Merrill, president; L. E. Bisbee, vice
president, and Earle Bryant, secretary-treasurer.
An intensive membership cam
paign is planned immediately in
charge of the officers. B. R. Pat
terson, P. W. Mahoney and Dr. L. D.
Tibbies were named on a special
finance committee to assist in' rais
ing funds for payment of bounties
for heads and eggs of the predatory
birds.
As soon as the membership cam'
paign is completed, Chas. B. Cox and
L. E. Bisbee will name captains of
teams that will compete in bringing
in the predator's heads and eggs. At
the wind-up of this qontest, the los
ing team will entertain the winners
at a banquet.
The club hopes to make it worth
while for country boys and girls to
destroy nests of crows, magpies and
hawks, and to kill as many of the
predators as possible. Local sports
men are convinced that the game
bird population is kept down by the
predators.
Reports of officers showed the
club had been responsible for the
planting of many fish and game birds
in the county since its organization
two years ago. Bert Mason. of lone
headed the organization last year
and Chas. B. Cox was secretary
treasurer.
Heppner Graders
Lose at Casaba Meet
Heppner grade school basketball
tossers drew Touchet, conceded one
of the toughest teams, in the open
ing game of the grade school tourna
ment at Walla Walla Tuesday eve
ning, and were defeated, 28-9. The
locals were said to have made a
good showing against a squad of
generally larger and more mature
boys.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tetz took the
squad to the Washington city Tues
day afternoon, Mr. Tetz being the
coach. Boys making the trip were
Jack Vaughn, Hugh Crawford, Dean
Gilman. Douglas Drake, Harry O
Donnell, Donald Bennett, Norval
Osborne, Henry Aiken, Kay Dergu
son and Jack Morton. The squad was
entertained Tuesday night at the
home of a sister of Mrs. E. L. Mor
ton who resides in Walla Walla. The
Heppner group returned home yes
terday afternoon.
JUSTICES NAMED.
J. O. Hager was named justice of
the peace for Hepner in a list of
appointees released this week by
Governor Martin. Ture Peterson at
lone and A. B. Chaffee at Board
man were other appointments for
the county.
IS NEW JANITOR.
Jim Archer took over the duties
as janitor at the courthouse Monday,
succeeding Henry Howell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Applegate are
trip narents of a 7-pound baby boy,
William James, born at Pendleton
nn February 23. Mrs. Applegate
was formerly Miss Gertrude Doherty
and was recently employed witn the
local AAA compliance board.
LEGISLATURE END
SEEN IN FEW DAYS
Pension Program Well in Hand;
Lethal Gas Succeeds Noose;
Ballot to be Used.
By A. L. LINDBECK
(State Capital News Bureau)
Salem, Tuesday. Sailing along in
a calm sea the legislative ship was
today rapidly approaching its home
port. Except for some sudden squall
that might drive her from her course
she should drop anchor before the
end of the week, another biennial
voyage concluded.
Indications were that sine die ad
journment, when it does come, will
be devoid of the confusion that gen
erally marks the close of a legisla
tive session. Both House and Sen
ate have their calendars pretty well
under control with only a few bills
still remaining in committee.
The old age pension program that
for a time threatened to disrupt the
session with a big addition to the
expense load and nowhere to turn
for the money now appears to be
well on the way toward a satisfac'
tory compromise. The senate com'
mittee on ways and means to which
the house bill providing $30 monthly
pensions to all needy persons 65
years of age and over, was referred
has completely revamped the bill,
In its revised form it provides for a
pension of not more than $30
month to needy persons 70 years of
age for the remanider of the current
Continued on Page Four
Morrow-Umatilla
Oddfellows Meet
The Odd Fellows convention of
Umatilla and Morrow counties was
held at Boardman last Saturday
The convention was called to order
by Geo. W. Wicklander, president,
The address of welcome was de
livered by Rev. H. B. Thomas, mayor
of Boardman, and the response was
given by S. E. Notson of Heppner,
The several vice-presidents report
ed for their respective lodges
In
general the reports showed a healthy
condition of the lodges of the dis
trict. Grand Master Roy H. Gibbs
and several other grand lodge offi
cers were in attendance. The grand
master delivered an encouraging and
informative address. This was fol
lowed by several other brief ad
dresses by grand lodge officers.
The second degree was conferred
upon a candidate by the Hermiston
lodge. The work was done in a most
excellent manner. The Rebekahs
served a sumptuous banquet in the
high school domestic science rooms,
O. F. Steele of Pendleton was toast
master, and the responses were ap
propriate and in a most happy vein,
About 100 delegates attended the
banquet.
Stanfield was selected as the place
for the convention next year. The
selection of the date was left to the
convention officers so as to avoid a
conflict with the district basketball
tournament.
The delegates in attendance were
unanimously agreed that the Board-
man lodge had royally entertained
the convention.
PAST EXALTED RULERS FETED.
Past exalted rulers of Heppner
lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, were feted
at the lodge meeting last Thursday
evening. P. E. R. s in the chairs were
Chas. B. Cox, exalted ruler; C, J. D.
Bauman, esteemed leading knight;
J. G. Barratt, esteemed loyal knight;
D. A. Wilson, esteemed lecturing
knight; F. W. Turner, secretary; J,
O. Turner, esquire; J. G. Thomson,
Jr., tyler; H. A. Tamblyn, inner
guard; H. A. Duncan, chaplain. En
tertainment in charge of F. W. Tur
ner and Jas. G. Thomson, Jr., in
cluded talks by P. W. Mahoney and
J. G. Barratt. Mahoney told of the
work in attempting to get flood con
trol dams on Willow and Rhea creeks
and Barratt told of some of the work
in connection with his . position as
president of Oregon Woolgrowers
association. A feed was also en
joyed.
Get results with G. T. want ads,
Charter Member
eted by Chapter
On 80th Birthday
Rebecca Patterson
Honored by Son and
O. E. S. Members.
The happiest person in Heppner
Friday night was Mrs. Rebecca Pat
terson. At least it .would be hard
to imagine any happier, say those in
attendance at the surprise dinner
and party tendered Mrs. Patterson
by fellow members of Past Worthy
Matrons club; Ruth chapter 32, Or
der of Eastern Star, and Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Patterson, her son and
daughter-in-law, that evening, in
honor of her 80th birthday anniver
sary.
The surprise for this honored char
ter member of Ruth chapter was
complete. She had been invited to
take birthday dinner with her son
and daughter-in-law, and was look
ing forward with pleasure to the oc
casion though she felt concern that
the younger Mrs. Patterson was not
sufficiently recovered from her re
cent illness to do the extra work.
Mrs. Ealor Huston, president of
the past worthy matrons, being ad
vised of the plans, stopped at Mrs.
Patterson's at the proper time, to
inquire if Mrs. Patterson would ac
company her and Mr. Huston to
lodge that evening, as was the cus
tom. Mrs. Patterson gave her re
grets that the dinner party with her
son would make it impossible. She
was then ready to leave, and ac
cepted the Hustons' offer to take
her to her son's home. Stopping at
the lodge hall on the way up town,
Mrs. Huston prevailed on Mrs. Pat
terson to go inside for a moment to
answer some questions concerning
the secret work Mrs. Patterson be
ing an authority on the work, and
having memorized all the ritual.
It was not until after she had en
tered the dining room and had seen
the prepared tables, and even then
not until the younger Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson entered, that she knew the
nature of the event, and her ex
pression of pleasure was full recom
pense to those who had planned it,
Mr. Patterson had provided turkey,
and ladies of the club had contrib
uted of their best culinary efforts to
supply a bounteous table in the cen
ter of which had been placed a large
bouquet of red carnations, with an
additional red carnation as an indi
vidual favor for each guest from the
honoree's son.
A beautiful birthday cake for the
occasion was made by Helen Cohn.
Nor did Mrs. Patterson know this
was not all, until dinner had been
finished and Mrs. Virginia Turner,
worthy matron, invited her to the
party in the lodge hall. Here Mrs,
Patterson was greeted by a host of
remembrances placed on a specially
provided table, and was made fully
aware of the high esteem she had
gained in the hearts of fellow mem'
bers of Ruth chapter.
Those attending the dinner in
eluded, besides the honoree and Mr.
and Mrs. B. R. Patterson, the fol
lowing past worthy matrons: Jessie
Pruvn. Blanche Patterson. Rose
Howell, May Gilliam, Elizabeth Dix,
Eppa Ward, Sara McNamer, Florence
Hughes, Hattie Wightman, Lucue
McAtee. Gertrude Parker, Ealor
Huston, Charlotte Gordon, Hazel
Vaughn, Ruth Tamblyn, Anna Bay
less, Martha Dick, and the worthy
matron, Virginia Turner.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE.
Notice is hereby given that I will
on Saturday, March 6, 1937, begin
ning at 10 o'clock A. M., offer for
sale and sell at public auction the
Reid Lumber yard in Heppner, in
eluding rough and dressed lumber
of all sizes and descriptions, 3000
fence posts, and quantity of glass,
paint and kalsomine.
C. J. D. BAUMAN,
Sheriff.
SWIMMING POOL
TALKED BY CLUB
Lions Ask New Date for B. P. W.
Dinner; Ted Roy to be Invited
to Sing for Joint Affair.
Ins and outs, pros and cons, of the
swimming pool situation were voiced
at the Monday Lions luncheon, with
the preponderance of club sentiment
being, "We want it, but how can it
be done?"
Opinions of members were, in
part, that the first move should be
to make certain of a water supply;
that an expression from the public
as advocated by high school stu
dents through circulation of a peti
tion would help give a basis for ac
tion; that possibility of getting help
from the city this year is out of the
question as the budget is already
made up; that a bond issue for the
purpose is possible; that pumping
from the deep wells at the power
house would be too expensive, and
that digging of a new well would be
cheaper; that definite decision as to
the administrative organization is
essential at the start.
Joe Belanger reported for the co
operating committee arranging for
the annual dinner with Business and
Professional Womens club that the
theater would be available for the
presetation of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Roy on Wednesday, March 24, and
the club voted its approval of post
ing the dinner to that date with the
hope that the Roys would be avail
able for the program.
Lexington Girl
Succumbs to Illness
Funeral rites were held from the
Christian church in Lexington yes
terday for Mildred Irene Hunt, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alex
ander Hunt, who died at the family
home in that city,. Monday. :: Alvin
Kleinfeldt. Christian minister of
Heppner, officiated and interment
was in Lexington I. O. O. F. ceme
tery.
Six of her" classmates were pall
bearers, Kenneth Peck, Lyle Allyn,
James Peck, Kenneth Palmer, Mar
vin Cox and Clayton Davis. The
high school girls' glee club sang
three numbers, In the Garden,
"Abide With Me" and "Rock of
Ages." Miss Mary Alice Reed was
at the piano. The many friends
present and the large floral tribute
testified to the love and esteem she
held in the hearts of the Lexington
people.
Mildred Irene Hunt was born April
4, 1919, to John, Alexander and Edna
(Helms) Hunt, in the same room in
the family home where she passed
away on Monday, March 1, 1937, be
ing aged 17 years, 10 months and 15
days. She was reared in the town
of her birth, attending both the grade
and high schools, being a senior in
the high school when she was taken
bedfast several months ago. She
made a plucky fight against the
ravages of a lung disease, and was
aided by the best of medical assist
ance and kindly deeds of family and
friends.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by two brothers, Edward and
El wood: grandmother, Mrs. Etta
Hunt of Portland, and other rela
tives.
DR. GRAY ILL.
Friends in Heppner have received
word of the serious illness of Dr. A.
B. Gray in Portland. Dr. Gray was
forced to undergo a major opera
tion from which his chances of re
covery were said to be uncertain.
Dr. Gray formerly practiced in
Heppner and has been located at
Dorris, Cal., since leaving here two
years ago.
DANCE CALLED OFF.
The dance tentatively scheduled
by the Elks entertainment commit
tee early in the season to be held
next Saturday night at the Elks hall
has been cancelled, announces James
Farley, committee chairman.
Morrow County Woolgrowers aux
iliary will meet tomorrow at 1:15 at
the Lucas Place.
Boardman Wins
Sub-District "B
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Hoop Tournament
Condon Sunk in Final
Fray;' Heppner Beats
Lex; All Stars Picked
As the gun sounded, ending the
championship game of the tourna
ment here last Friday and Satur
day, the victorious Boardman quin
tet, amid the cheers of some 400 fans,
took a last glance at the scoreboard,
gave fifteen rahs for the scrapping
Condon team, and turned triumph- .
antly towards the showers, the first
rung in the ladder of state-wide rec
ognition having been reached.
Boardman, pre-tournament favor
ites to cop the title again this year,
did so in outstanding fashion, and
established themselves as a team
for whom to hold high respect at
Arlington.
As a second reward in District
13-B, the Boardman squad was
awarded a bronze trophy by the lo
cal Lions club, emblematic of their
superiority over the six ranking
teams of Wheeler, Gilliam, and Mor
row counties.
Chosen by the coaches of the con
testing basketeers, the first and sec
ond all-star teams brought together
ten players, each outstanding in his
respective position. The teams se
lected were as follows:
1st team: Forwards, Burns, Con
don; Partlow', Boardman; center,
Van Marter, Heppner; guards, Wil
son, Boardman; Willis, Condon. 2nd
team: Forwards, Gilman, Heppner;
Palmer, Lexington; center, Ransier,
Boardman; guards, Prindle, Fossil;
Munkers, Heppner.
Each member of the first all-star
team was presented a bronze medal
by the Heppner Elks lodge.
Summary of Tournament Games
Lexington 26 Heppner 46
Palmer (7) f Gilman (21)
Campbell (12) f - Coxen (1)
E. Peck (6) c Van Marter (10)
Davia g -.. Munkers (3)
Allyn (1) -g Hosklns (4)
Substitutes: For Lexington K. Peck.
For Heppner Cox (4), Stone (3), Craw
ford. Fossil 21 Condon 38
Crawford f Hollen (8)
Bird (4) f Burna (17)
Prindle (11) c Wlllia (9)
Nelson (4) k Mercer (2)
Vegis (2) - g Simmonds
Substitutes: Fossil iremonger, jods,
Filbert. Condon Potter, Cook, Ashen-
felter (2).
lone 21 noaraman eu
Ring (6) ...f Partlow (11)
Buchanan f Tannehill (12)
Davidson R (4) ....c Ransier (10)
Davidson H. (9) - Wilson (18)
Ernert g Black R. (3)
Substitutes: lone W. Davidson (2).
Boardman Skoubo, B. Black (16).
Condon 21 Heppner 19
Burns (7) f Gilman (4)
Hollen f , Coxen
Continued on Page Five
Erosion Control Law
Past Final Hump
By GILES L. FRENCH.
Farmers of the 22nd district, es
pecially those in Morrow county,
will be pleased to learn that the ero
sion control bill introduced at their
behest is safely over the jumps and
is now a law of the state. The gov
ernor wrote his official "Charles H.
Martin" on it several days ago after
it had gone through the house and
senate without a dissenting vote.
Most common subject for conver
sation when two legislators meet is,
"When do we adjourn?" in much
the same expectant manner as one
soldier used to accost another with
the remark, "When do we eat?" and
with almost as much longing. Not
quite, of course, for nothing equalled
a soldier's interest in eating.
Bills are being sent back to com
mittees for last minute amendments
to suit some particular objector and
sometimes they are passed in very
queer shapes, all of which goes to
fill the courts or bemuddle the law
yers or laymen who try to under
stand them at some later time. Care
ful committee clerks do the best they
can with the words they have and
the ideas given them but no one can
be perfect all the time.