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Volume 53, Numbtr 47
Important Erosion
Control Meeting
Just Week Away
Lexington Event J
Brings Latest
Information ,
Can weeds in fall-sown wheat be
controlled on trashy summerfallow?
Is the one-way disk the best tool
to make trashy summerfallow?
Is chiseling worth what it costs?
How steep can crop land be and
stay in production under the sum
merfallow system?
Can the individual farmer afford
to stop erosion? Can he afford not
to?
The above questions are just a few
of those which will be the subject
for discussion by wheat farmers at
the annual erosion control meeting
to be held in the grange hall at Lex
ington next Thursday, February 3.
The meeting will begin at 10 o'clock,
with luncheon being served at noon.
It has been said that this meeting
really constitutes the annual meet
ing of the directors of the erosion
control experiment stations of the
Columbia basin, says Joe Belanger,
county agent. That this is amazingly
close to the truth is borne out by the
fact that scores of Columbia basin
farmers are trying out on their own
farms many variations from the tra
ditional methods of farming solely
to prevent erosion. A recent survey
has established the fact that on over
fifty percent of the wheat farms in
the Columbia basin, between twenty-five
and seventy-five percent of
the top soil has been removed by
wind or water erosion. Realization
, is becoming general among wheat
farmers that control of this erosion
is the surest way to increase wheat
yields. Each wheat farmer, however,
has special difficulties on his own
place. Someone among the operators
who will attend the meeting from
Jefferson, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Umatilla and Morrow counties may
have just the answer needed. The
meeting will furnish an opportunity
for wheat farmers from all over
these counties to pool their exper
ience. A series of lantern slides has been
prepared from pictures taken within
Morrow county showing typical ero
sion conditions and some of the va
rious methods in use for control of
such soil losses. There will be no
long speeches, although Sam Sloan,
assistant regional agronomist of the
Soil Conservation Service at Spo
kane, will discuss some erosion con
trol practices being followed in 6ther
sections.
L. W. Briggs Seeks
Longer Service
Leon W. Briggs, veteran county
treasurer, this week announces his
candidacy for the republican numin
ation seeking continuation in the
office.
In his statement of candidacy, Mr.
Briggs says, "I solicit the support of
all voters and hope that I have
proved myself worthy of the confi
dence reposed in me."
PAST MATRONS ELECT
Mrs. Charles Vaughn was named
president, Mrs. Chas. B. Cox, vice
president, and Mrs. Frank S. Parker,
secretary-treasurer, of Past Worthy.
Matrons club which met at the home
of Mrs. J. 0. Turner Monday eve
ning. Attendants besides those nam
ed included Msr. E. R. Huston, Mrs.
Earl Gordon, Mrs. W. E. Pruyn, Mrs.
Legrand Guild, Mrs C. C. Patterson.
TOM QUINN PASSES
Tom Quinn, assistant receiver of
local banks at the start of liquida
tion, died Monday at his home in
Prineville from pneumonia, accord
ing to word received this morning.
Mr. Quinn's only brother, Eph, liv
ing in the east was said to have
dropped dead on hearing of his
brother's death.
Heppner,
lone Hoopsters Bow
To Pendletonians
An overflow crowd packed the
lone high school gym last Saturday
evening to see the highly successful
Ionetown team defetaed by the crack
Domestic Laundry team from Pen
dleton, 41-28. Slick Rosenberg, ran
gy Pendleton forward, led the in
vaders with 12 points; teammate
Dean Galloway came through with
9 in a clean game that gave the
crowd a continuous thrill from start
to finish.
La Verne Van Marter, late Hepp
ner high school star, in his first
game with the lone team, tied Mar
vin Ransier at 7 points to lead scor
ers of their squad. Completing the
lineup with scores were Webb 2,
Earl Pettyjohn 1, Ellis Pettyjohn 2,
Hoskins 4, Lee Pettyjohn 5 and Hal
vorsen. Other Pendletonians with
scores were Jim McClure 4, Ferdie
Hudeman 3, Jack Godwin 7, Chub
Sargent 6, Glen Rosenbery.
Another headline game on the
lone floor is slated for Feb. 11, when
John Steelhammer brings his Salem
Senators to clash with Fred Hos
kins' proteges. Included in the Sa
lem gang are George Scales, all-state
and all-northwest forward for four
years, a Willamette U. star; Pern
Averill, all-state and formerly O.
N. S. star; Loren Kitchen, former
all-state guard, Willamette U. and
O. N. S. star; Ronald Gammell, for
mer U. of O. star, and other like
players.
New Unit Available
In Adult Education
A new unit in adult education,
"Home Furnishings," is slated to
start February 9, announces Mrs.
Dapha Simpson, instructor in charge.
The class, dealing with rearrange
ment of furniture already in the
home, is set from 2:30 to 4:30 on
Wednesday afternoons. Arrange
ments for taking care of children
at the high school where the classes
are held is aimed to assist all wo
men wishing to attend.
If enough people show preference
for a parent education class, a unit
in this may be organized in lieu of
the home furnishings work, said
Mrs. Simpson. All interested in par
ent education are advised to attend
the meeting February 9, when the
work will be mapped out if enough
demand is shown. In event insuffi
cient interest is shown in either
type of work, it will be necessary
to drop the adult education classes
here, Mrs. Simpson said.
FINISHING APARTMENTS
Jeff Jones is supervising the fin
ishing of two new garret apartments
in his modern apartment house at
the corner of Gale and Baltimore
streets, enlarging the capacity from
eight to ten apartments. The new
apartments are identical in arrange
ment and design and modern in ev
ery detail to utilize all available
space. Each contains living room,
two bedrooms, kitchen and bath
room. Firtex walls and ceilings in
sulated with glass wool are papered
in attractive colors of light shade.
Woodwork is finished in driftwood
grey, and floors are oak. Cut-in roof
windows make rooms light and
cheerful while giving a broad view
of the town round-about. N. D. Bai
ley and Peter Dufault are doing the
finishing work, including built-ins
attractively and usefully arranged.
Much interest has been manifested
in the new apartments and Mr. Jones
reports that a number of applica
tions to rent them have already been
received.
OFFICE IMPROVED
Installation of a new counter and
repainting of the interior, recently
completed, has given a note of im
provement to the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company office. Lee Howell,
local manager, was assisted by Wm.
French, "Doc" Byland and Frank
Roberts, members of the force, in
doing the work and is pleased to
offer it for public inspection.
Furnished apartment with oil heat
and garage, 1 block south of court
house. A. Q. Thomson, city.
Oregon, Thursday, January
Activities Lively
As Celebration
Reaches Big Day .
Balls Here, at Cecn,
President's Address
Set for Saturday
The president's Birthday celebra
tion for Morrow county will be cli
maxed Saturday night with the
county-wide ball at Heppner and
another ball for the Morgan-Cecil
communities at Cecil, sponsored by
the Morgan I. O. O. F. and Willows
grange.
Collections totalling $72.50 from
Gooseberry were reported this week
by V. L. Carlson, who was assisted
in the work by Mrs. Clive Huston.
Hardman reported proceeds of $55.02
from its dance last Saturday night,
and this evening ladies of the lone
community are staging a benefit card
party.
J. L. Gault, county chairman, com
mends the efforts of workers in all
parts of the county, and looks for
ward to the high-light activities Sat
urday evening to bring the cam
paign, staged for the benefit of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, to a highly successful con
clusion. Redecoration of the Elks hall with
installation of new indirect lighting
fixtures is being rushed to comple
tion for the ball in Heppner, and the
general ball committee under the
direction of R. B. Ferguson has all
plans well in hand.
On the nationwide front for the
evening President Roosevelt's birth
day address over all radio networks
between 11:30 and midnight, eastern
standard time, will be the center of
attention. The address will be heard
three hours earlier here, making the
starting time for the address at 8:30
p. m. '
Another half-hour radio feature
over the Mutual Broadcasting sys
tem is slated for 5 o'clock in the eve
ning, PST. Titled, "All Stars Chicago
Rally for the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis," the program
will feature Fred B. Snite, Jr., in
fantile paralysis sufferer living in an
iron lung, who contracted the dis
ease in China and who was brought
across the Pacific ocean especially
for the occasion, and the boy's fa
ther, Fred B. Snite, Sr.
Is a Malicious
Pet Poisoner at
Work in Heppner?
"Spot," Bill Ball's pet English
setter, went into a fit of spasms
one evening recently just as Mr.
Ball was starting to feed him on
the back porch. A series of con
vulsions and Spot was dead, ap
parently the victim of poison
poison, Mr. Ball believes, that was
thrown into the yard, as Spot had
not been away from home that day.
Spot undoubtedly was poisoned,
but mystery still surrounds the
recent disappearance of two other
pet dogs, "Cloy," bird doy of Dr.
and Mrs. R. M. Rice, and "Whis
kers," wire haired terrier of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Belanger. Both the
latter have been missing for some
time. If poisoned, they did not
reach home to die.
Suspicion is had of a malicious
dog poisoner. Credence is given
the theory by death of a pet cat
of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bayless,
next door to the Ball home, short
ly after the demise of Spot. Poison
symptoms were evidenced by the
unfortunate pussy.
EXAMINER COMING
The examiner of operators and
chauffeurs from the office of Earl
Snell, secretary of state, will be in
Heppner Thursday, Feb. 3, at the
city hall between the hours of 10 a.
m. and 4 p. m. All those wishing
permits or licenses to drive cars are
asked to get in touch with the ex
aminer during these hours.
27, 1938
Locals Lose Games
In Week's Play
The Heppner quintet ran up
against some competition last week
end that was the stiffest they had
met all season, and as a result, the
Mustangs came out with three de
feats and no wins.
Last Friday the lanky Arlington
hoopsters hit Heppner with a de
cidedly "on night" and defeated the
locals 54 to 21.
Saturday the Mustangs played bet
ter ball against Mac-Hi than any of
the three teams they met over the
week end, and still were nable to
cope with the sharpshooting of the
Pioneers, a team representing a class
A school, and went down to defeat,
31 to 21.
The following Tuesday somewhat
of a scoring record for one night was
established by Hermiston when the
Bulldogs ran over Heppner by the
swamping score of 71 to 18. Gerald
Keller of Hermiston ran up 30 points
in this game.
Tomorrow night, Heppner takes
on Henry Tetz's Warriors at Adams.
The Mustangs have lost one game to
them this season, but three defeats
such as the most recent ones will
probably put Heppner in a revenge
ful mood for a needed win.
This coming Tuesday Heppner
again takes the road and journeys
to lone for a game that is not ex
pected to be a set-up, as the down
creek boys pulled a surprise victory
recently and defeated Lexington,
lone is a team that Heppner usually
meets with looked-forward-to ex
pectations, and a win over them
would boost the Mustangs' win col
umn to six victories.
Mrs. W. P. Mahoney
At National Meet
Mrs. W. P. Mahoney is in Salt Lake
City to preside over convention ses
sions of the National Wool Growers
auxiliary of which she is president.
Mrs. Mahoney was raised to the of
fice last year at the annual meet at
Albuquerque, N. Mex., and has
served throughout the year.
The national auxiliary is meeting
at the same time as the National
Wool Growers association that has
many members among local sheep
men. In this morning's daily press it
was reported that Walter Holt, sec
retary of Oregon Wool Growers, told
the convention yesterday about the
threat of Harry Bridges, labor union
organizer, that CIO affiliates would
boycott non-union sheared wool. F.
R. Marshall, president of the na
tional, was reported as saying tthat
the national organization had never
had any quarrel with labor andid
n't propose to start one now.
VISITS NEW YORK FRIEND
Claude Graham received word this
week from Mrs. Graham, who with
baby daughter and father, J. J.
Wightmah, is visiting near Harris
burg, Pa., that she had run into New
York and visited her old-time friend,
Mrs. Gordon Ridings, nee Marjorie
Clark. Mrs. Ridings and husband
reside in New York where both hold
teaching positions. The Heppner par
ty expected to return shortly, com
ing via Salt Lake near where they
expected to stop for a visit with rel
atives of Mr. Graham. They have
been in the east for several weeks,
calling at the old home of Mr. Wight-
man in Pennsylvania and visiting
with relatives there.
AID HAS SOCIAL MEET
A social meeting of the Ladies Aid
of the Methodist church was held at
the home of Mrs. M. L. Case, Tues
day afternoon. Present were Mrs.
Carl Young, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs.
Lulu McCarty, Mrs. L. W. Briggs,
Mrs. Gertrude O'Hara, Mrs. Alta
Brown, and Mrs. D. B. Eastbridge of
Pendleton. Mrs. - Brown gave two
readings, "What is Success," and
"Theodore Roosevelt's Nine Reasons
for Going to Church." Mrs. Case,
the hostess, served tea and wafers.
The next meeting will also be held
at her home.
Rex Ellis, state senator, and bro
ther, Bruce Ellis, were business vis
itors here Tuesday from Pendleton.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Wehmeyer Clarifies
Position Taken
On Mill Operation
Sustained Yield
Objective; No
Active Opposition
F. F. Wehmeyer, local forest rang
er, in a recent statement before the
Lions club that he was antagonistic
toward a large sawmill operation in
Heppner, had no intention of con
veying the impression that the for
est service was in active opposition
to it. The antagonism intended was
simply expression of a forestation
policy. Mr. Wehmeyer returned the
first of the week from Pendleton
where he attended further meetings
to plan administration of the local
forest area this year. He released
the following statement this morn
ing: "With reference to the location of
a large mill operation in Heppner,
I wish to state as a representative of
the forest service, that any govern
ment bureau or agency is not in a
position to approve or oppose any
one's private business.
"If a mill can operate here at a
profit, it has every right to do so
without any interference.
"The National Forests can only
supervise the cutting on the land
they administer with such regula
tions of cut as will conserve the nat
ural resources and place the grow
ing of timber on an orderly basis,
with sustained yield as a definite
objective or policy.
"Such policies can only be en
couraged on private land. The sym
pathy of most foresters is no longer
with the "hack, slash and get out'
type of harvesting.
"The supply of good timber is
strictly limited, here as elsewhere,
and a large scale, unregulated cut
ting is contrary to all policies of
good forestry.
"The impression that the forest
service will actively appose a mill at
Heppner or endeavor to favor one
locality above another would be ex
tremely unfortunate.
"Our sympathies are all for a sus
tained yield which is a definite pol
icy wherever it can be carried to
fruition. If such objectives do not
meet the approval of local commu
nities there will be no effort to op
pose their desires. We only want to
encourage what experience has
shown to be to the best interests of
all. If such advice is out of sympathy
with the wishes of the people here,
there is little more that can be said."
$271,545 Extended
Total Property Tax
Morrow county will be asked to
pay $271,545.98 in property taxes for
1938, according to the completed
statement of taxes just released by
the assessor's office.
Largest item is that for special
schools, $65,052, with state, county
and general school at $58,600 coming
second. Bond sinking fund and in
terest calls for $40,569; roads and
bridges, $36,061; special school bonds
and interest, $20,879; non-high school
districts, $16,888, and towns, $13,689.
Market roads, $8,114; West Extension
Irrigation district, $5,362; union high
school bonds and interest, $3,366;
forest fire patrol, $1,670, and union
high school district, $1,290 make up
the balance.
SUNDAY SCHOOL GIVES $10
One of the finest contributions to
the President's birthday infantile"
paralysis fund was that of $10 given
by the lone union Sunday school,
announces J. L. Gault, county chair
man.
REPLACIN POLES
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company started a crew in Heppner
this week replacing old poles. Vic
Wheelhouse of Arlington is a mem
ber of the crew.