OREGON HISTORICAL
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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Volume 53, Number 3.
Fatland Tells of
Legislation at
Lions-BPW Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Roy
Entertain; 60 Attend
Enjoyable Occasion.
Sixty Business and Professional
Womens club members and Lions,
their husbands and wives and
friends enjoyed 6 o'clock dinner at
Hotel Heppner last evening, with
Representative - E. R. Fatland of
Condon as the principal speaker and
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Roy, musical ar
tists of Pendleton,, the featured en
tertainment attraction.
Messages of greeting were brought
by Ray P. Kinne, Lions president
who filled the office of toastmaster,
and Miss Mae Doherty, B. P. W.
president. The B. P. W. double trio,
Josephine Mahoney, Katherine Mit
chell, Mae Doherty, Mary White,
Phyllis Jane Pollock and Mrs. Al
den Blankenship, accompanied by
Miss Marjorie Parker, was well re
ceived in the singing of two num
bers. D. N. McKay, prominent Con
don attorney who accompanied Mr.
Fatland, was an honored guest. Jo
seph Belanger, Lions tailtwister, as
sisted in providing several lighter
moments.
Mr. Fatland briefly reviewed ac
complishments of the legislative ses
sion recently ended, emphasizing
measures having more bearing on
this immediate section. One bill
that became law had its" origin in
Morrow county and was designed
to specially benefit it, Mr. Fatland
said. That was the bill to permit
organization of soil erosion control
districts. However, showing that
interest in such legislation is more
than local, Mr. Fatland said sections
of the middle west were studying
the legislation with a view to adopt
ing similar laws.
The weed control district bill and
the bill to permit voluntary organi
zation of flood control districts, both
of which have important local appli
cation, became law with Mr. Fat
land's support.
Answering criticism that each leg
islature passes altogether too many
laws, the speaker had analyzed all
the bills introduced at the last ses
sion and gave their classification to
show that a comparatively small
percentage were new laws. A large
proportion were bills to amend exist
ing laws.
He considered the old age assist
ance legislation as among the most
important handled; and believed the
session fell down in not doing some
thing to control strikes. He defend
ed labor unions and their import
ance to the government, but be
lieved the strike situation over the
country today emphasizes the fact
that they must be responsible to
someone. One bill which he helped
to work over to make as fair as pos
sible to everyone had only that pur
pose in view, he said.
But however free to criticize the
legislature the public may be, every
one should bear in mind that its
members are placed there by vote
of the people, and in the final analy
sis people get the kind of laws their
votes at the polls indicate they want,
he concluded.
Mr. Roy, tenor soloist, sang two
numbers, accompanied by Mrs. Roy,
and was warmly received.
LEGION PARTY SLATED.
Local, post American Legion and
local unit American Legion auxiliary
are staging their annual joint party
at the Episcopal parish house next
Monday evening. All members of
both organizations with their wives
or husbands are urged to attend.
Potluck dinner will be served at
6:30 followed by a varied program.
GAS UP HALF CENT.
Local oil companies received notice
Tuesday of a half -cent raise in the
price of gasoline.
HEPPNER,
$80,000 COMES
TO FARMERS ON
ALLOTMENTS
Eighty thousand dollars in allot
ment checks, representing about
two thids of the amount due Morrow
county farmers for compliance un
der the 1936 agricultural adjustment
program, arrived at the county ag
ent's office this week, and has been
rapidly disbursed. This is the first
money so far recived in this county
for the 1936 program.
Notice is sent each individual im
mediately his check arrives, and the
county agent asks those having
checks coming to await this notice,
thus preventing complication of
work in the office.
Checks this year are being issued
here in Oregon, thereby speeding up
work of making necessary altera
tions in applications, completing
checking, or other details needed to
be cleared up before payments can
be made. Because of this fact, little
delay is anticipated in receiving the
checks still due.
Arrival of the checks this week
was accompanied by a noticeable
pick-up in business activity.
NcNARY, STEIWER
BACK OF REQUEST
Wires to Johnson Assure Active
Support for Appropriation for
Willow Flood Control Survey.
Senators McNary and Steiwer
both sent wires to Bert Johnson,
county judge, Monday, giving assur
ance of their support for the Willow
creek flood control survey appro
priation asked for by the army en
gineers in reply to resolutions re
cently transmitted by the county.
Their wires follow:
"Washington, D. C, March 22.
"Hon. Bert Johnson,
Heppner, Oregon.
"It was my amendment that went
into the flood control bill in con
nection with survey and I shall ask)
for adequate appropriation. Regards.
"Chas. L. McNary, USS."
"Washington, D. C, March 22.
"Hon. Bert Johnson, County Judge,
Heppner, Ore.
"Acknowledging your communi
cation March seventeen. Please be
assured my active effort behalf ap
propriation fqr Morrow County flood
control survey. Regards.
"Frederick Steiwer, USS."
Ray Ferguson Named
League President
Ray Ferguson was named presi
dent of the Wheatland Baseball lea
gue at the organization meeting held
at Condon Monday evening. He
was not present, but as local direc
tor gave his proxy to Stewart Har
die of Condon.
With Condon and Fossil the other
clubs represented, April 25 was set
as the league opening date. Appli
cation for franchise from Kinzua
was taken under advisement. Word
was sent from here that Heppner
had not organized and had not de
cided upon league affiliation for the
season. Other minor details of lea
gue conduct were discussed at the
meeting.
Baseball Meeting
Set for Tomorrow
Anyone and everyone interested in
baseball is asked to attend the an
nual organization meeting scheduled
to be held tomorrow evening at 7:30
at the Elks club announces R. B.
Ferguson, assistant manager of the
local club and vice-president of last
year's Wheatland league organiza
tion. There is no definite plan of organ
ization yet proposed, and it is not
known whether the community cares
to. participate in the Wheatland
league again this year, Ferguson
said. A meeting of the league was
held at Condon Monday evening, but
Heppner was not represented.
OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937
Tax Collections
Exceed Half of
Current Year Roll
$160,000 Taken 1st
Period; Improved
Tone Seen by Office.
Total tax collections in Morrow
county at the end of the first quar
ter last baturday amounted to $160,-
000, or more than half of the tax to
be collected for the vear of $277.-
073.76, reports the sheriffs office.
Collections for the period so far
have not been segregated to deter
mine how much of this was collect
ed on taxes for previous vears and
how much on the current year's roll,
or to show how much of it goes tol
the various funds. The amount does
include many payments for the
total year's tax of manv firms andi
individuals including all utility com
panies paying tax in the county with
the exception of two minor com
panies. An indication of the better col
lection for the period this year &9
compared with last vear is seen i
the fact that more than 1100 indi
vidual receipts were given out this
year as against 600 for the similar
period last year, the office reported.
Ihe number of receipts in itself,
however, is not a true criterion for
there may have been more payments
ot single quarter taxes than in the
year before, it was said. However,
taken along with a considerable in
crease in the total amount of col
lections, it does show an improve
ment in the tax paying situation lo
cally, a barometer of the generally
improved conditions reflected on
every hand.
Father of Montana -Governor
Dies;
Once Lived Here
George Ayers, son of the late
Thomas W. Ayers, early Morrow
county judge, and father of Gov
ernor Ayers of Montana, recently
died at his home in that state.
The deceased was an early resi
dent of this county and lived for
many years on Butter creek. Chil
dren surviving besides the Mon
tana governor include Mrs. Geo.
Fell of Pendleton, Mrs. Lizzie Kirk
of Payette, Idaho, and Edgar Ay
ers, their half-brother, all former
residents of this city.
Announcement of the engagement
of Miss Shirley Brownson, who
taught in the local high school two
years ago, to Mr. James Raley was
carried in Tuesday's East Oregonian.
Both are now residents of Pendle
ton, Mr. Raley being scion of the
old-time Raley family of Pendleton.
Henry Hensley is visiting at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Bel
anger, coming up from Hillsboro.
HEPPNER'S
Here's the Heppner grade basketball tossers who took the district
championship at Arlington two wcks ago, defeating the Arlington Goslins
in the title game, 29-12, afte beating Rufus and The Dalles. Reading left!
to right: Hugh Crawford f, Donald Bennett f, Harry O'Donnell g, Douglas
Drake c, Norval Osborne g, Jack Morton f, Jack Vaughn f, Joe Farley g.
MORROW FIRST
TO ORGANIZE
WIND DISTRICT
Order of confirmation of organiz
ation proceedings, signed today by
Judge Bert Johnson, started in Mor
row county the first wind erosion
district of its kind in the United
States.
Official notice, given in another
column, sets out the territory to be
administered under the new law re
cently passed at Salem, and desig
nates it as a Wind Erosion district.
Petitions for organiation had pre
viously been signed by two-thirds
of the property holders within the
proposed district, as provided for in
the law.
The law, having its origin in this
county, was based upon the old vol
untary Lexington Wind Erosion dis
trict, much of the incorporation ar
ticles of which were written into the
law.
Under the new set-up, when com
pleted, authority will be vested in
the district's officers to take control
measures upon any land within the
district. Before there was no legal
way of forcing anyone to cooperate
in wind erosion control who did not
want to.
PAVING PROJECT
IN HANDS OF PWA
Mayor Jones Encouraged by
Prospect of Assistance After
Contacting Portland Officials.
Encouragement was felt by Mayor
Jones upon return from Portland
yesterday that Heppner may be suc
cessful in obtaining PWA assistance
for its. proposed street paying pro
gram. - Mayor Jones , went to Portland
Sunday and presented application
for the project in person. He learn
ed that the fate of all projects at
present lies with action upon the
necessary appropriation by congress.
He was assured by C. C. Hockley,
assistant state administrator, how
ever, that the lateness of making ap
plication would not affect action, as
projects are acted upon strictly on
the basis of merit and not priority
of application.
Before the local application can
go through, more forms relative to
the city's end of the financing and
clearing up matters of right-of-way
must be filled out, Mr. Jones said.
These will be completed and for
warded to the Portland office in the
next few days.
LIBRARY ELECTS.
Elaine Furlong was elected pres
ident of Heppner Library associa
tion at a special meeting called last
Friday afternoon to fill vacancies in
various offices. Others elected were
Alvin Kleinfeldt, Vice-president;
Phyllis Pollock, secretary-treasurer,
and Irma Blackburn, librarian.
Mrs. J. G. Johnson of Lexington
was a business visitor in the city
today.
CHAMPIONS
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Move Launched
To Provide Pool
By Summertime
Pledge List Reaches
$550; Water, Site
Assured, Lions Say.
That Johnny may find relief from
next summer's heat in the cooling
waters of the plunge has reached the
stage of probability.
Believing time to be the essence
of realization of a widespread hope
-not only of Johnny but other mem
bers of the community family, old
and young Lions grabbed the ven
erable gentleman by the forelock
and this week launched an attempt
to have a swimming tank by vaca
tion time.
Starting with a subscription list
an hour or so before meeting time
Monday, steerers in the service or
ganization had pledges of more than
$400 when the list went forth from
the club luncheon for further circu
lation. The move to finance the ven
ture by this means had reached a to
tal of $550 by press time today.
The desire for a swimming tank
was expressed on every hand by
generous pledges, running to as high
as $75 from an individual firm. With
prospects of still larger contributions
in sight, high hopes are held for
swelling the total to the $2200 said
needed for construction of the pool
planned 40 x 110 feet, of reinforced
concrete. Bath houses, heating and
other pool facilities may be pro
vided through staging of benefits o
various kinds, the Lions committee
believed.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, chairman of the
club's pool committee, said assur
ance of plenty of water will be given
by the city, either through use of
overflow water from the city system
or putting into commission of the
city well in town. If and when the
pool is constructed, the management
is planned to be turned over ti the
city dads. The . site, by Morrow
County Creamery company on lower
Main street, has already been pro
vided by city and county.
Those signing to contribute to the
pool fund will pay nothing until and
unless sufficient funds are pledged
and a satisfactory bid for construc
tion can be obtained.
$60 Raised for Band;
Next Concert April 3
Realizing $60.50 toward payment
of their way to the state contest at
Corvallis the second week in Am-iL
from their initial appearance on
Main street last Saturday afternoon,
impetus was given success of the
concerts to be held at intervals of
every two weeks.
A large crowd assembled to greet"
the 36 bandsters and their leader..
Harold Buhman, last Saturday, and
many expressions of appreciation
were shown other than the money
raised through a subscription list
circulated previously among busi
ness people of the town.
Second of the Saturday afternoon
appearances is slated at 2 o'clock
Saturday, April 3.
CCC Convicted for
Haying Stolen Gun
Thos. J. Hayes, local CCC, was
sentenced to three months in the
county jail on conviction in justice
court Tuesday of the charge of con
cealing stolen property. A o32 Win
chester rifle belonging to E. R. Sha
effer found in his possession led to
the charge.
A second trial, that of Paul G.
Coughlin, another CCC, arising from
alleged theft of a watch belonging
to Ambrose Chapin, resulted in ac
quittal of the accused. Both cases
were tried before a jury in the court
of J. O. Hager, justice of the peace,
with Frank C. Alfred, district attor
ney, as prosecutor.