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Volume 58, Number 50
Battleship Oregon
Fund Raising On;
Progress Reported
Blankenship Tells
Lions of State Edu
cators' Meeting
The campaign in Morrow county
to "Save the Battleship Oregon" was
well under way in all schools of the
county, A. H. Blankenship, super
intendent of local schools and mem
ber of the Lions club cooperative
committee, told club members at the
Monday luncheon. Good response
was had in the local . schools with
all those contributing a dime hav
ing their names inscribed on an hon
or roll. M. L. Case, second member
of the club committee, appeared be
fore the high school last Friday and
told of his experiences in the Spanish-American
war as an Oregon
volunteer at which time he boarded-
the "Oregon" while she was in Ma
nila bay. His story was intently te
ceived. Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, in charge
of the county campaign, had not re
ceived reports from the outside up
to this morning, but said the cam
paign was making good progress.
Having attended a state . meeting
of school superintendents at Salem
last week end, Mr. Blankenship
brought Lions a report of that event.
Inspiring talks were heard from
Governor Martin, Bruce Baxter,
president of Willamette university,
and other leading men of the state.
Of interest was the report that ju
nior high school work is being ad
vocated for smaller cities of the state.
Junior high schools incorporate
the work of the seventh, eighth and
ninth grades to make a less severe
break between grade and high school
subjects than that encountered un
der the single high school system,
said Mr. Blankenship, and the larg
er cities having junto?.- high school
systems believe the improvements
should be applied to smaller school
systems.
He was interested in noting the
amount of money that has been re
cently expended in Salem for im
provement of school plants. A new
grade school building just completed
cost $250,000. Wings on the junior
high school building to house gym
nasium and auditorium, and other
additions to the educational equip
ment of the city have brought total
expenditures to near the million dol
lar mark. While Salem is much larger
than Heppner, Mr. Blankenship said
he couldn't help but compare Hepp
ner's situation with a school plant
the total value of which is $60,000.
Ray P. Kinne reported being in
Portland the end of the week and
seeing Nelson Eddy, movie and op
era star, as he entered the elevator
at his hotel. Mr. Kinne said Eddy
was soon followed by a group of
lady autograph seekers.
Joseph Belanger, county agent,
reported attending a four-day home
makers' conference in Corvallis last
week to which he was accompanied
by Mrs. Walter Becket and Mrs. H.
V. Smouse.
Heppner and Condon
FFA Mix Tomorrow
There will be an FFA smoker be
tween Heppner and Condon, the old
rivals, in the Heppner gym at 8:00
tomorrow evening. Admission will
be, adults 35c, high school 25c, grade
school 15c.
It is bound to be good, so lef s see
a large turnout, say the promoters.
NURSE WORKER VISITS
Miss BrennenstahL state field su
pervisor of county nurses, is a visitor
in the city today making arrange
ments for a short-time institution of
county health work here beginning
the middle of April.
R. U. Cambers, lumberman with
the U. S. Forest service, was a caller
in Heppner Saturday.
Heppner,
lone Ends Season I
Next Wednesday
lone's town basketeers expect to
wind up their strenuous season on
their home floor next Wednesday
evening against Hermiston. Last
night they played Vaught's Grocery
at Pendleton as a preUminary to the
Albany college-Domestic Laundry
fracas, and tonight are playing at
Adams against the team of which
Henry Tetz, former local coach, is a
part.
Minus the high-scoring Marvin
Ransier, the lone boys lost to the
General Finance team from Salem,
40-26. Louis Halvorsen succeeded
Ransier in leading his team's scor
ing with 9 points. Other players with
scores were Hoskins 2, Van Marter
5, Lee Pettyjohn 4, Earl Pettyjohn
4, Dorr Mason and Alton Pettyjohn
2. Scoring for General Finance were
George Scales 8, Averill 16, Steel
hammer 4, Couzen 8, Ron Gemmefl
4. Manager Fred Hoskins reported
the lone team had played 15 games
up to last night of which it had won
ten.
Henry Scherzinger
Passes at Home Here
Henry Scherzinger, pioneer Rhea
creek farmer, died at his home on
Center 'street about 3 o'clock .this
morning. Mr. Scherzinger retired
from the farm a good many years
ago and the family home has since
been made in the residence origin
ally constructed by the late Judge
Dutton. Though in poor health for
several years, Mr. Scherzinger was
able to be about up to the time of
death. He is survived by his widow,
formerly Lottie Shipley, and daugh
ter, Mrs. Rachel Stearns of Newberg.
Funeral arrangements, in charge
of Phelps Funeral home, have not
been announced though temporary
plans call for burial Sunday with
Heppner lodge 69, A. F. & A. M.,
of which Mr. Scherzinger was long
a member, officiating.
Jeanette Turner
Weds Alaska Man
Miss Jeanette Turner and Mr.
Raymond Huddleston surprised their
many friends here when they were
quietly married at Stevenson, Wash.,
on Wednesday of last week. Re
turning to Heppner Friday, they
were charivaried by a group of
friends, and on Saturday evening
received a still larger group at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Turnes. Mrs. W. O. Bay
less and Mrs. J. O. Turner, aunts of
the bride, poured and served during
the evening.
Mr. Huddleston, brother of Mrs.
Fred Parrish, has been visiting here
for several weeks from his home at
Valdez, Alaska, where he has been
located on road construction work
as manager of his division under his
uncle, district government road su
pervisor. Mr. Huddleston is the sec
ond son of Ray Huddleston and was
reared at Lone Rock. He graduated
from Grant high school, Portland,
and took three years' work at Uni
versity of Oregon before going to
Alaska.
Mrs. Huddleston, eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Turner of
this city, is a graduate of Heppner
high school and University of Ore
gon, class of 1935. At the university
she was an honor student in music
and became affiliated with Phi Mu
Epsilon, national honor sorority in
music. She taught at Boardman and
Colton before going to Rufus the
last year.
Mr. Huddleston will sail for Alas
ka February 26 while Mrs. Huddle
ston will complete her year's work
at Rufus before joining him at Val
dez where they will make their
home.
TO EXPLAIN POWER
J. D. Ross, administrator, will ex
plain the Bonneville power set-up to
all interested at his headquarters,
707 Failing Bldg., Portland, at 2 p.
m., Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Sarah C. White was a visitor
in the city this morning from Lexington.
Oregon, Thursday, February
Developments in
Erosion Control
Told at Meeting
Extension Workers,
Local Men Bring
Late information
By LE GRAND H. GUILD,
Camp Agronomist
To'the casual passer-by the grange
hall probably took on the aspects of
a smoKer as some 150 farmers gath
ered to wrestle with the age old
problem of soil erosion and fertility.
County Agent Joe Belanger was
umpire, the audience passed judg
ment, and after the dust settled, a
close decision was given to water
erosion.
Henry Smouse, chairman, called
the meeting to order and a few min
utes were devoted to the election of
officers. Mr. Smouse was reinstalled
to the chairmanship for the one-
year term. Two-year terms for the
board of directors will not expire
until next year. Business routine was
quickly dispatched and the county
agent acquainted the group with a
brief history of the voluntary con
trol .district formed in 1935 at Lex
ington, followed by the Erosion Con
trol Districts law passed in 1937. He
appropriately dubbed the farms of
this area as "The Columbia Basin's
Erosion Experiment Stations." Slide
pictures of practices and implements
used here bore out the truth of this
statement.
Arthur King, Oregon's SCS state
coordinator, was introduced as first
speaker of the day. He paved the
way for topics of discussion, and for
a background pointed out general
conditions as they now exist. Agri
culture, he said, is comparatively
young in the United States, dating
back approximately 150 years. Dur
ing this period, 600,000,000 acres have
been diverted from their native or
virgin condition and devoted to va
rious forms of crop production. The
nature of this development was to
crop the land as long as productiv
ity was good and then move farther
on to where new lands lay. This
practice is known as exploitation and
has resulted in one-sixth of the total
acreage being ruined and lost, an
other sixth is seriously eroded, and
one third is in a state of low pro
duction. The day has passed when new
farms can be moved to, Mr. King
went on to say. Permanency must
be maintained. The government is
assisting through educational pro
grams and demonstrations. It is in
evitable, he predicted, there will be
a rise in cost of production in order
to maintain soil fertility. He gave
the startling facts that from two to
five times more soil plant nutrients
are lost due to erosion than is re
moved from the land in the form of
marketable crops.
Mr. King summarized the problem
here as one of eliminating waste by
erosion control and the production
of wheat without soil loss leaks.
Next on the program was the in
troduction of Sam Sloan of the SCS,
regional agronomist for the three
Pacific northwest states, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho.
Mr. Sloan explained that erosion
is not a new problem. It has existed
ever since the soil itself. European
countries have all had their erosion
problems and programs. The digging
up of old cities in deserts tells a
story of populations once supported
there. Improper use of these arid
areas reduced them to deserts and,
like a cancer, they spread and in
vaded more humid areas. Mr. Sloan
recommended that everyone should
read "Deserts On the March" by
Stewart Chase.
Geologic and accelerated erosion
were distinguished. Geologic erosion
is natural and the soil is built up
by nature as fast as natural pro
cesses destroy it. This process is
slow as may be ascertained from the
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17, 1938
Heppner Loses Again
To Hermiston Team
Last Friday evening, playing with
out the services of Douglas Drake,
high-scoring center, the Heppner
Mustangs lost to the strong Hermis
ton Bulldogs by a score of 44 to 23.
Letting up on their defense during
the first half, Heppner allowed the
Bulldogs to build up a heavy lead
which was mainly responsible for the
outcome of the game. The half time
score was 9-26. By use of a strong
zone defense in the second half, the
Mustangs showed remarkable im
provement in holding the Bulldogs
to 18 points, while they themselves
made 14. Keller, Hermiston forward,
was high point man with 22 points,
while Coxen led Heppner with 8.
A peliminary game between the
Hermiston-Heppner B squads was
taken by Hermiston by the score of
17-22. The first half was a series of
ups and downs, ending with a score
of 5-7, Hermiston's favor. The last
half increased Hermiston's lead, due
to the sharp-shooting of Ripley.
Blake and Hayes were high for
Heppner with 4 points apiece.
ELKS TO CELEBRATE
THREE BIG EVENTS
Anniversaries of Order and Local
Lodge, Washington's Birthday
to be Honored Saturday
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks
expects to stage one of the 'arger
social events in its history when it
presents . its annual Washington's
birthday celebration next Saturday,
for the event will also fete the 70th
anniversary of the order and the
41st anniversary of the local lodge,
A special invitation has been ex
tended to all old-time members to
make the occasion a real homecom
ing for all lodge members.
The special afternon lodge meet
ing at 2:30 will be featured by ini
tiation with Pendleton degree team
officiating, followed by a buffet
lunch. Entertainment for the ladies,
beginning also at 2:30, will take
place at Masonic hall while the
lodge is in session. Mrs. P. W. Ma
honey, chairman of this part of the
day's activities, adds her invitation
for the attendance of all Elks ladies.
The day will be concluded with
the annua1 ball in the evening pre
sided over by Billy Darby's 8-piece
band from Portland.
Get-Tog ether Dance
Scheduled at Camp
The CCC boys are proud of their
camps and their relationship with
the nearby communities. They are
just normal, healthy boys a long
way from their parents and home
life and they miss their social con
tacts, so they try to compensate for
it by making themselves part of the
community in which their camps are
located, is the word from the Lead
ers' club of Company 297 at Camp
SCS-2, Heppner, in announcing a
dance to be held on Friday eve
ning, Feb. 18, in the camp mess hall.
Working in conjunction with the
Leaders' club to cement the friendly
relationship existing between the
boys and the community are a num
ber of distinguished patrons and
patronesses of Heppner: Hon. Jeff
Jones and Mrs. Jeff Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Blankenship, Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, Mr and Mrs.
J. O Turner, Mr and Mrs Elbert Cox,
Sheriff C J. D. Baman, and Mrs.
Josephine Mahoney.
And so the boys of Company 297
extend a cordial invitation to the
"lads and lassies" of Heppner and
vicinity to attend this function as a
community "get-together." Refresh
ments will be served and a door
prize awarded to a lucky lady. Danc
ing from 9 until 1.
MAYOR JONES ILL
Mayor Jeff Jones is confined at
home threatened with pneumonia.
He ran a temperature of 103 Mon
day which was reduced Tuesday and
he has been resting easier since.
Old-time dance at the Lexington
grange hall, Saturday night.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Farm Economic
Conference Set
Next Thursday
Profitable Basis of
Operations Aim of
State-Wide Service
With all advance preparations
completed for the one-day Morrow
county farm economic conference in
Heppner, Thursday, February 24, a
general invitation has been extended
to farmers and their wives, as well
as to any business men interested.
to attend the conference, which will
open at 1 o'clock, in the courthouse.
If advance interest is any indica
tion, a large crowd will be on hand
during the day to assist in the con
sideration of important questions
facing the agricultural industry of
Morrow county, says County Agent
Joseph Belanger.
In the light of recent developments
national, state, and county the
farmers and their wives, with the
assistance of specialists from Ore
gon State college extension service,
will seek the answes to such ques
tions as: What is the outlook for ag
riculture in 1938 and over the next
few years? In view of the outlook,
what crops, numbers and kinds of
livestock should be produced in the
county? What kind of land use pro
gram will conserve soil fertility and
prevent erosion? What is the rela
tionship between the farm home and
the farm business?
The conference will be opened by
E. H. Miller, who is serving as gen
eral chairman for the day. Agricul
tural planning and its effect on Mor
row county agriculture will be dis
cussed by County Agent Belanger.
H. A. Lindgren, extension animal
husbandman, and Miss Joan Patter
son, extension specialist in home
furnishings, will both speak at the
meeting.
The first committee report to be
discussed will be that dealinff with
farm home and rural life. Following
this will be a consideratiin of the
facts gathered by the land use com
mittee, after which lone-time agri
cultural planning and its relation-
ship to the present agricultural out
look will be discussed. Discussions
of the reports of the committees on
crop acreage and on livestock and
grazing problems will conclude the
day s program.
Those in charge are emphasizing
the desirability of general discussion
of the facts presented before reports
and recommendations are finally
adopted.
This conference is just another
step in the successful 15-vear or
ganized efforts of Oregon farmers,
working with the extension service,
to keep the state's agricultural in
dustry on a profitable and perma
nent basis, points out County Agent
Belanger.
GIVEN IIOUSEWARMING
Lexington Home Economics club
gave its president, Mrs. Alta Cuts
forth, a housewarming at her home
in Heppner yesterday afternoon. Re
freshments of sandwiches, cake and
coffee were served. Guests included
Mrs. J. Rauch, Mrs. Maud Pointer,
Mrs. Clair Daugherty, Mrs. Geo.
White, Mrs. Oral Scott, Mrs. Merle
Kirk, Mrs. Geo. Peck, Mrs. Vester
Lane, Mrs. R. B. Rice, Mrs. A. Nel
son, Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Mrs. Earl
Warner, Mrs. Arthur Hunt, Mrs.
Laura Scott, Mrs. Merle Miller, Mrs.
Trina Parker, Miss Dona Barnett,
Mrs. Harvey Bauman, Mrs. Frank
Edmondson, Mrs. Frank Saling, Mrs.
Harvey Miller, Mrs. S. G. McMillan,
Mrs. S. J. Devine, Mrs. Burton Peck,
Mrs. Elmer Hunt, Mrs. M. C. Smith,
Mrs. Arnold Pieper, Mrs. James
Leach, Mrs. John Ryan, Mrs. W. D.
Campbell, Mrs. Louis Marquardt,
Mrs. Chas. Marquardt, Mrs. Ernest
Smith. Mrs. Myles Martin and Mrs.
Wm. Smethurst sent gifts.
J. L. Gault returned home the first
of the week from Portland where
he spent several days on business.