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Volume 53, Number 33
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1937
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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County Tax Rate
Expected to be Same
Under New Budget
Lower Receipts Seen;
Nurse and Weeds
Get Allowances
Morrow county taxpayers will
face little if any additional levy
against their real and personal prop
erty next year if the budget as
drawn Monday is approved at the
advertised meeting, November 18.
While the total to be raised by
taxation this year for county pur
poses is $10,000 higher than last
year, $86,111 as against $76,056, the
promised removal of the two mill
state levy will result in an $8,000
saving to almost offset the increase,
according to the budgeteers-
Sitting with the court in drawing
up next year's estimated receipts
and expenditures were David Hynd,
Harvey Miller, Henry Baker, Charles
Jones and J. F. Gorham.
Part of the increase in the amount
to be raised by taxation is accounted
for by a decrease in expected re-
cehots from delinquent taxes. Tax
delinquency has been considerably
lowered in the last two years, largely
due to refinancing through govern
mental agencies which require that
taxes be up-to-date, and through
improved income due to receipts
from the wheat allotment an gen
erally better prices. No such large
volume of farm refinancing or add
ed income due to price improvement
is in prospect for next year, the bud
geteers believed, though they viewed
crop prospects for the coming year
with ontimism. -
Expected disbursements for next
year were reduced by $6000, though
two items of additional expenditures
were included. After hearing dele
gations pro and con on county health
nurse service, the ' committee al
lowed $200 to obtain a health nurse
for a three-months' period next
year. The other item was $250 to be
used in control of noxoius weeds-
Marvin Casebeer
To National Meet
Marvin Casebeer, president of the
local chapter, left Friday for Pen
dleton to catch the train going to
Kansas City, Mo., where he is at
tending the tenth anniversary of the
Future Farmers of America conven
tion.
The chapter extends its thanks to
those attending the pie social Friday
to assist in paying Casebeer's ex
penses. A carnival is announced to
be given on or about Nov. 6.
Clayton Wright, Marvin Casebeer,
Vernon Knowles, Douglas Drake and
Bob Davidson, chapter members,
have formed a co-op. They call it
"Heppner Hog Growers Associa
tion." Clayton Wright is president
and Marvin Casebeer secretary
treasurer. They decided on $2 for use
of the Poland China purebred sire.
Barratt Last Rites
Held at Portland
Last rites for the late W. B. Bar
ratt were held from the Finlay chap
el in Portland at 2:30 o'clock last
Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Oswald Taylor, with interment fol
lowing in Rose City cemetery. Pall
bearers included Robert and Will
Hynd, Jim Cruickshank, nephews;
Will and Jack Hynd and Henry
Krebs of Morrow county.
Among those attending the funer
al from here were Harold Cohn, Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer Crawford.
LICENSES ISSUED
Marriage licenses were issued at
the clerk's office this week to Har
riet Helen Morgan and Harold R.
Evans, nad Juanita A. Morgan and
Albert L. Massey, all of Heppner.
NEW AAA SET-UP
MEETINGS SLATED
trict Conclave at Arlington on
Morrow County to Join in Dis
, Oct. 27-28; to Get Information
A series of district meetings de
signed to give county association
leaders and county agents a thor
ough understanding of the 1938 agri
cultural conservation program so
that they in turn may pass this in
formation on to the farmers of the
state has been arranged for the last
two weeks in October, announces F.
L. Ballard, vice-director of the Ore
gon extension service, which is in
charge of educational work in con
nection with the program.
Each of these meetings will be of
two days' duration. State officials
who will attend each meeting to
lead the discussion of the new pro
gram are N. E. Dodd, Haines, chair
man of the state committee; P. M.
Brandt, head of the division of ani
mal industries at Oregon State col
lege, and N. C. Donaldson, secretary
of the state committee.
As soon as this series of meetings
is completed, a series of one-day
meetings will be scheduled in each
county in Oregon for all county and
community committeemen, with
those who attended the first series
acting as instructors. These will be
held during the first two weeks in
November. Actual dates have not
been set, but will be announced soon.
The third step in this educational
campaign in connection with 1938
program will be the holding of a
meeting in each community in which
farmers planning to take part in the
program will participate and elect
committeemen for the year. These
will probably come the last two
weeks in November, according to
present plans.
The district educational meeting
in which Morrow county will join
will be held at Arlington, October
27 -and 28.
Zestful New Books
Come to Library
The first shipment of new fall
books has been received at the
Heppner public library.
Inasmuch as Children's Book Week
is set for November 14-20 members
of the library association are es
pecially happy to have some inter
esting new books for the juvenile
department at this time. Those al
ready received include "Play Days"
and "Why is a Yak?" for kiddies be
tween the ages of 3 and 7, while
"Sing a Song of Journeys" is rec
ommended for those from 4 to 8;
all three will be entertaining for the
younger book readers. "Hester and
Timothy" (Holberg) and "The Se
cret of the Rosewood Box (Orton)
are of especial interest for children
from 7 to 11. "Prairie Girl" is for
the teen-age students.
For the rental shelf, books of all
types have been chosen in an effort
to supply everyone with the mater
ial he most enjoys. The outdoor-
action readers will fine "South of
the Rio Grande" by Brand and "Lost
Wagon Train" by Zane Grey. From
E. Phillips Oppenheim, always at his
best when writing of international
intrigue and spinning a thrilling
yard, comes "Floating Peril." For
the many who loved "The Voice of
Bugle Ann" there is "The Romance
of Rosy Ridge" by the same author.
Before his death, Clarence Day
had written more of the high-spirited
chronicles of his vivacious fam
ily and we now have "Life With
Mother;" and while mother is, of
course, the heroine, father, who bore
the title role in Mr. Day's pervious
"Life With Father" is still very
much in evidence.
PROTEST ROAD CONDITION
Pilot Rock commercial association
recently filed a protest with Mr.
Armstrong, state highway mainten-
ance man in that section, concerning
the condition of the Nye-Heppner
sector of the Oregon-Washington
highway, and requested that Hepp
ner people join in an attempt to get
improvement.
City Water Dads
Propose Budget
Item for Plunge
"Nat" Next Year
Held Feasible; Ac
counting Set Nov. 1
Heppner's hopes for a swimming
tank will be realized next year if a
recommendation of the city water
committee reaches fruition. On pre
liminary discussion of next year's
budget at council meting Monday
evening the committee recommend
ed that $1500 be included for the
purpose of constructing a tank. This
amount, with money already sub
scribed, should go all the way in
bringing a satisfactory natatorium,
they believed.
The past season has proved that
sufficient water for the tank's op
eration can be provided even if
pumping is necessary, the commit
tee believed. A pump was operated
at the city wells for three months
this year at a total operating cost of
approximately $300, and no short
age of water was experienced at any
time through the dry season, it be
ing the first year in several years
that sufficient water was had for all
purposes at all times.
The regular meeting for drawing
up the city budget will be held
Monday evening, Nov. 1. D. A. Wil
son, chairman of the city finance
committee, will be the budget chair
man, and the citizens committee
named to sit with the council is
Hanson Hughes, W. O. Bayless, M
D. Clark, J. G. Thomson, W- E.
Pruyn and L. E. Bisbee-
The water committee also pro
posed inclusion of , a budget item to
cover the cost of putting one of the
old reservoirs in condition for use
to augment the storage capacity.
Though an extra sum will need
to be raised to pay the over-run on
the recent street work, it was be
lieved all the proposed expendi
tures could be taken care of without
exceeding the six percent limita
tion over the highest of any levy in
the last three years, in which event
no special election would be re
quired.
All members of the council were
present at Monday evening's meet
ing.
Len Gilman Shines
In Walla Walla Game
Len Gilman, Pacific U. freshman
who graduated from Heppner high
school last spring following a bright
athletic career, endeared himself to
the hearts of Pacific U. fans when
he returned a punt 70 yards to a
touchdown when Pacific met Whit
man college at Walla Walla last Fri
day night. Pacific won 24-7. Before
returning to Forest Grove he stop
ped in at home for a visit with par
ents and friends.
Following the Whitman game,
however, he was reported on the
casualty list with a strained ankle
Another Morrow county boy, El
wayne Lieuallen, also assisted the
Pacific forces on the line, and was
also reported on the casualty list
with an injured back.
ATTEND , WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney and
Mrs. Harriett Mahoney returned
home Tuesday from Portland where
they attended the wedding Satur
day of Miss Patricia Mahoney to
Mr. Cecil Espie. The ceremony was
held at St Marks church. The
newlyweds left for San Francisco
on their wedding trip, expecting to
be located later at Pendleton. Mrs.
Harriett Mahoney, mother of the
bride, came north from California
where she had been visiting, to at
tend the ceremony.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman and J. O.
Turner hied themselves into the tall
timbW yesterday afternoon in quest
of the elusive deer.
TOUCHET FALLS
BEFORE ONSLAUGHT
Locals Best Neighboring State
Visitors 25-6; Arlington Will
Play Here in Two Weeks
Playing before the largest football
crowd in years, Heppner bested the
scrappy Touchet squad, traveling
with only twelve players, 25-6 on
the local grid last Friday. The Mus
tangs, representing the only school
in Morrow county sponsoring a stan
dard sized team, hopelessly out
classed the visitors in the second
half after leading by a slim 7-6 mar
gin at halftime.
Sturdy defensive play in the first
and second periods was lacking, as
neither team was forced to punt. The
Mustangs' first score came after
about five minutes of play in the
first quarter when four first downs
placed the ball on the Touchet four
yard line, with Dean Gilman, flashy
halfback, taking the ball into the
highly-coveted pay territory. Con
version was good.
Heppner's offensive powers again
started functioning with the open
ing of the second half. After taking
a Touchet punt on their 47 yard line,
a series of effective line plunges and
yard-gaining end runs put the ball
in position for an over-center smash
by Van Marter, the red-headed Mus
tang powerhouse whose successful
line thrust gave Heppner a score of
13 to Touchet's 6, with try for point
going wide of goal posts.
Touchet's penetrable defense was
again pierced in the same quarter
after a 31 yard punt return by Van
Marter, Heppner safety man, and a
nine yard pass from Coxen, shifty
junior quarterback, to Van Marter
in the end zone amassed Heppner's
thus-far total at 19, with the lone
touchdown of Touchet remaining
stationary.
As a final quarter episode, which
saw the insertion of several last
minute Heppner reserves, the Oregon
representatives in this well-attended
interstate game pushed 32 yards for
its final tally, with Morgan, light
but-speedy halfback, sprinting 14
yards and Van Marter plowing the
remaining distance in three plays
to the last score of the rather one
sided game. Final score: Heppner
25, Touchet 6.
Long, Touchet fullback, stole the
show as far as his team was con
cerned, with Harold Armstrong,
Vernon Knowles and Richard Hay
es, Mustang linemen, sharing the
limelight on the Heppner squad- The
line-up:
Heppner 25: Kenny re, McAtee rt,
Browning rg, Hayes c, Armstrong
lg, Gilliam it, Vance le, Van Marter
rh, Gilman lh, Coxen q, Drake f.
Touchet 6: Ingram re, Plucker rt,
Weisz rg, Atkinson c, Williams lg,
Files It, Hesser le, Anderson rh,
Stone lh, Adams q, Long f.
Substitutions, Heppner: Moore
Merrill, Osborne, Dick, Healy, Mor
gan, Crawford, Hays.
Officials: Referee, Lyle Eddy, Ir-
rigon; umpire, Larry McKenzie,
Heppner; head linesman, Marvin
Dixon, Heppner; timers, Norbert
Peavy and Bill Bennett, Heppner
Paul Brown Among
Ranking English Group
Oregon State College, Corvallis,
October 19. Paul C. Brown from
Heppner, freshman at Oregon State
college, ranked in the highest group
in the English placement test given
at the beginning of freshman week,
The test was given to 1193 freshmen
to facilitate placement of beginning
students in appropriate English sec
tions. This ranking was achieved by
only 115 students, some of whom
were good enough to get exemptions
from the first freshman English
course.
Most of the future college honor
students will probably come from
this group of students, according to
Dr. J. M. Kierzek, associate profes
sor of English at the state college.
The American Legion auxiliary
will meet Tuesday afternon, Oct. 26,
at the home of Mrs. Harry Tamblyn
Business Men Give
Toward Providing
Forest Camp Site
Landscape Expert
Coming Soon; $2500
Allotted for Work
Progress neared realization for an
administrative headquarters camp
of the Heppner district of the Uma
tilla National forest to be located at
Heppner as local business men con
tributed liberally this week toward
the purchase of the Pauline Quaid
lot as part of the site. Harold Cohn
is contacting stockmen users of the
forest to raise the balance of the
$250 needed for the lot's purchase.
With the city's $250 already turned
over to tne county ana uie ueeu
from the county in escrow at the
bank for turning over the remainder
of the site to the government, and a
local abstract company obtaining
quit-claim deeds to clear up techni
calities in title, obstacles are fast
disappearing from turning the re
quired land over to Uncle Sam.
That little time will be lost in get
ting development work under way
as soon as the site matter is com
pleted is believed by F. F. Weh
meyer, local ranger, who received
word from the district supervisor
at Pendleton this week that a land
scape engineer would be on the job
in a few days to lay out the ground.
Word was also recently received
that $2500 had been allotted for ex
penditure this fall in clearing off
the site and for constructing a
warehouse.
When the contemplated develop
ment is completed, Mr. Wehmeyer
believes the total outlay in buildings
constructed by the government will
be in the neighborhood of $40,000.
The site being provided lies partly
beside Gilliam & Bisbee's store on
May street and partly south of their
store on Main. An office building,
warehouse, service station and sev
eral residences are called for in the
original plans.
Field Secretary
To Speak to Churches
By REV. R. C. YOUNG
Another treat and another union
meeting are in store for Christian
workers in Heppner. On Sunday
night, Oct 24, Miss Lily Grace Math
eson, national field secretary of the
W. C. T. U-, will deliver an address
to a union meeting in the Methodist
church. Miss Matheson is a noted
speaker. She has the reputation of
being able to hold her audience at a
high point of interest throughout
her address. Her work with young
people is outstanding. She will con
tact the Sunday schools and young
people's organizations.
Miss Matheson's visit is timely.
The whole world, at least our part
of the world, is concerned over the
trail of destruction that an unlim
ited liquor traffic is leaving in its
wake. America's greatest danger does
not lie in some foe across the ocean
but in the enemy that she has made
a safe place for within the confines
of her own bordera The entire com
munity of Heppner and the neigh
boring towns is invited to hear Miss
Matheson.
Wheat League Meets
At La Grande, Dec. 2-4
The Eastern Oregon Wheat league
will hold its annual conference this
year at La Grande, December 2-3-4,
it was decided at a meeting of the
executive committee in Arlington
Sunday. Chas- W. Smith, league
secretary from Corvallis, was pre
sent to help draw up plans.
A program planned to include
many subjects of intense interest
will include an address by Geo. E.
Farrell, chief of the wheat section
for the western United States, who
will recite develoments in the soil
conservation allotment plan.