HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937.
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Heppner
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THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30. 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
Established November 18. 1897;
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SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager
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Official Paper for Morrow County
1937
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Vacation Bent.
A RRIVAL. of hot summer days this
JnL week leads everyone, to think
of the cool timber: shade, a refresh
ing plunge, trips in the open and
acquisition of a sun tan . to better
weather, . rigors of coming Seasons.
Vacation time is in the air. And with
it .- comes a slackening of safety
awareness of the public conscious:
ness. ' '
On vacation bent, folks are prone
to be more carefree, lackadaisical,
and mayhap venturesome. When
cares of the work-a-day world are
lifted for a spell, temptations to try
the untried, or to over-indulge un
accustomed pleasures have freer
sway.
This points a 'warning, lest the
benefits of vacation be o'ershadowed
by disaster. To be considered are
the youngsters at play, always po
tently present around every corner
cautioning the motorist to use great
er care; the tinder in the woods, ever
dryer, that may be set into a flaming
inferno of destuction against life and
property, telling woodland visitors to
beware; the treacherous undertow,
or chilling waters of lake, ocean or
stream, waiting with tentacles to
drag the thoughtless swimmer to
disaster. Over exertion and var
mints need a thought by those going
newly into the open. There's plenty
to think about when vacation bent.
Ours to Hold It High.
HEPPNER felt the warmth-of the
torch's glow Sunday. The torch
cast from the strong hands of those
who fell among the poppies on Flan
ders field; the torch from the with
ered hands of those who died in the
service of humanity, burned with
renewed brightness in the hands of
many whose orders to carry on were
again read in the echoes from the
tomb. And there was pledged a
new troth, that the services of those
who have gone before shall not have
been in vain, but that their torch
shall be held high while the poppies
grow, row on row.
The dead were honored. But from
the doing, there again came that in
spiration imparted by Lincoln at
Gettysburg the inspiration that the
living must carry on the uncom
pleted tasks; that there must ever
be a high resolve to promulgate
those high principles for which brave
men fought, on whatever battlefield.
The ground upon which these heroes
fell is dedicated and consecrated far
beyond our power to add or detract.
It is for us, the living, to carry the
torch.
The Harlan Devin family were
over-Memorial day visitors from
their home at Condon, where Mr.
Devin is manager of the Safeway
store. They visited at the home of
Mr. Devin's parents. Mr. and Mrs. S.
P. Devin, and with other relatives
and friends.
, . OREGON MOTOR-VtfilCbf FATALITY CHART
l$Vf' BV COUNTIES 1933 -'36
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Morrow county marred its no-fatality
automobile accident record of
1935 when it reported two such fa
talities for 1936, while also losing
ground in the record of injuries from
automobile accidents. The count for
1936 was 23 as against 21 for 1935.
Only one county in Oregon, Wallo
wa, was free from traffic fatalities
during the past year, according to
figures released by Secretary ' of
State Earl Snell today. Two counties,
Gilliam and Lake, had better records
than in 1935; and six counties,' De
Farm Land Values
Show Good Increase:
A twelve-point. . rise in, . United
States farm land values since March,
1933, .and ten points for Oregon,
have been registered by the indexes,
says the latest, agricultural situation
report of the OSC extension service.
The. Oregon index at 8? in March,
1937., compares with 72 in the de
pression year 1933 and 170 in the
land boom year 1920.
. "The upward trend in land values
during the past four years is attrib
uted largely to the increase in farm
prices and income, although partly
due no doubt to less burdensome
farm credit and tax conditions," says
L. R. Breithaupt, extension agricul
tural economist and author of the
report, in commenting on the cur
rent situation.
"As higher land values almost al
ways bring higher interest and tax
charges per acre, the future trend
of land values will probably continue
to rest primarily upon prevailing
levels of prices for farm products
and the net income of farmers after
paying production expenses."
Farm cost indexes given in the
report indicate an upward trend in
prices paid by farmers for commod
ities, interest, and taxes compared
with a year ago, and in farm wage
rate, although the increase in costs
during the past year has been less
than the rise in prices for farm pro
ducts. "
The report also contains data giv
ing average land values per acre for
the past 85 years, as computed by
Breithaupt from data in the United
States Census. For instance, in 1850
the average value of farm land per
acre in Oregon is given at $6.58.
Fifty years later, in 1900, the aver
age value had approximately dou
bled at $13.14. Then values rose
rapidly to $28.99 in 1910 and on up
to $49.86 in 1920, followed by a drop
at $43.60 in 1925, $38.12 in 1930, and
down to $25.85 in 1935.
"Although the Census data on
land values do not always accurate
ly represent the trend in the value
of typical farms in a state, owing to
changes in the size of farms and the
value of improvements, nevertheless
these data are thought-provoking
and of considerable value in showing
farm real estate values over a long
period of time," the report concludes.
Charles McMurdo
Among OSC Grads
The 457 graduates at Oregon State
college who received their diplomas
Tuesday, June 1, carried them out
into a world much more ready with
positions for college men and wo
men than was the case several years
ago. Nearly all the graduates who
wanted places to work had jobs
ready for them.
Among those granted degrees at
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schutes, Union, Baker, Wheeler, Jef
ferson and Grant, finished the year
with the same number of fatalities
as in 1935.
Every other county in the state
showed an increase in the number
of deaths chargeable to traffic acci
dents. Multnomah county leads
with 98, Klamath and Lane being
second with 23 each, then follows
Clackamas and Marion with 19 street
and highway deaths. Columbia
county shows the greatest percent
age of increase, from 4 to 13. .
OSC this year was Charles Edward
McMurdo of Heppner. . -.
Adding interest to this year's cer
emonies was the conferring of hon
orary degrees upon Governor Chas.
H. Martin of Oregon and Dr. Warren
Ellsworth Forsythe, an Oregon State
graduate of 1907 who is now director
of the health service at the Univer
sity of Michigan and a pioneervin
such work.
In conferring the degree of Doctor
of Laws upon Governor Martin,
President G. W. Peavy described him
as "citizen, soldier, statesman, whose
nrinciDles and policies have helped
perpetuate the distinctive traits of
American citizenship initiative, re
sourcefulness, and responsibility."
Governor Martin received the honor
just fifty years after his own grad
uation from West Point.
This year's class of graduates was
lareer than last year when 395 de
grees were conferred, and was one of
the largest in the institutions his
tory. Degrees included one doctor
of philosophy, 51 master's degrees,
three professional degrees, 22 bach
elors of arts and 380 bachelors of
science. Home economics and en
gineering graduated the largest
classes 71 each followed by agri
culture, education, forestry and sci
ence. Oregon is the home of 403 of the
graduates while 36 came from other
states and eight from other coun
tries. Every county, except Curry
and Wheeler was represented. A to
tal of 140 of the graduates started at
55 other institutions and transferred
to Oregon State to complete their
college work.
Average age of the graduates is a
fraction over 24 years, while the
youngest man and woman are each a
little over 20 years of age and the
oldest 56.
CAMP HEPPNER NEWS.
First Lieut. Joseph- B. Donnelly,
air-res., has been assigned to the
local CCC camp and has assumed
the duties as mess and welfare offi
cer. Lieutenant Donnelly is a first
corps area officer who was trans
ferred to the ninth corps area.
Prior to his assignment here, Lieu
tenant Donnelly served in the sixth
district of the first corps area with
headuarters at Montpelier, Vt.
Dr. R. M. Rice, local camp sur
geon, administered spotted fever se
rum this week to members of the
local camp.
Dr. Rice is now conducting first
aid classes at the camp for leaders
and assistant leaders and other camp
personnel whose first aid certificates
have expired or who are taking the
course since promotion or assign
ment to the camp.
Mrs. George Evans was calling in
town Saturday from the Rhea creek
farm.
Riley Munkers is assisting at the
W. O. Oix grocery store.
IRRIGON NEWS
Mrs. Grabeil Injured
in Fall at Irrigon
Mr. and Mrs. Kopp of Arlington
moved into the Leicht cabins recent
ly. Mr. Kopp is employed on the
rock crusher west of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Hank and family
from Corvallis and the McDuffy
family are living in the W. C. Isom
residence in town. Mr. Hank and
Mr. McDuffy are both employed on
the rock crusher.
Mrs; Sam Umiker nd little daugh
ter Kathleen from St. Helens arrived
Friday for a few days' visit with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Leicht.
Mrs. J. A. Grabeil met with a ser
ious accident in her home last Fri
day when she slipped and fell with
her little great granddaughter, Don
na Isom in her arms. She ran her
hand through the glass door of a
cabinet, cutting it badly, and also
fractured a bone in her leg below
the hip. Mrs. Grabeil is in the toos
pital at Pendleton.
Earl Isom and Earl Leach motored
to Imbler Friday night and brought
Mrs. Grabeil's daughter down to be
with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Chapman of
Umatilla visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Kendler Sunday.
Wrex Moses and son of Umatilla
visited Don Isom Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Isom were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Moses
Monday night.
Barbara Berry from The Dalles is
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Emmet McCoy.
The young people of the com-
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munity gave a charivari party to Mr.
and Mrs. Roily Dexter who arrived
at the Bert Dexter home from the
Valley, Saturday. Mrs. Dexter was
formerly Miss Sina Bunce. The
young couple left Tuesday for La
Grande to visit relatives. Mrs. Bert
Dexter and daughter Violet accom
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brace and
Mrs. O. Coryell motored to The
Dalles Saturday, returning the same
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge from
Seattle, sister and brother-in-law
of Mrs. Brace and Mr. and Mrs.
Burchkurf and children, friends
from The Dalles, accompanied them
home. The entire party returned
to The Dalles Monday for Memorial
services.
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oring Billy Brace on his sixteenth
birthday. Billy is employed at the
station by Mr. Coryell for the sum
mer. The state is about to negotiate the
biggest deal in cascara bark in the
history of the west. Bids are being
invited on the bark contained in the
70,000 acre Elliott park in western
Lane and Douglas counties. The
sale will cover a three-year period
with peeling confined to the spring
months. According to J. W. Fergu
son, state forester, this is one of the
few areas where peeling has never
been carried on and as a result there
are many excellent stands of cascara
scattered throughout the forest
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Ferguson de
parted the end of the week for Gold
Beach where Mr. Ferguson' has a
farm.
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