Thursday, March 17, 1938
Sam Hall of Portland arrived the
end of the week at the .home of his
nephew, Norman Florence, accom
panied by Laddy Gale, U. of O. bas
ketball star, and Gene Florence.
Gene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Florence, is attending high school
in Eugene, and Gale resides in Eu
gene at the home of Mr. Hall's son.
On Monday evening Mr. Hall enter
tained with a dinner party at the
Elkhorn restaurant in honor of his
birthday. A resident of Morrow
county in the early days, Mr. Hall
later followed railroading, for many
years holding the position of switch
man on the St. Johns' bridge in
Portland, and is now retired on pen
sion by O. W. R. & N. Co.
Dr. J. H. McCrady arrived the end
of the week from his home at Cle
Elum, Wash., to visit for a week with
Heppner friends. Before arriving
here he visited at Seattle and Port
land. While he had completed ar
rangements to locate in a dental of
fice at Yakima, he said his recovery
from injuries received in an auto
mobile accident a few months ago
had not reached a point where he
felt safe in starting to work.
Judge Bert Johnson and Jack
Ferris of lone, and D. M. Ward and
Harold Hill of Heppner were among
Morrow county men attending the
meeting at Pendleton Tuesday af
ternoon at which J. D. Ross, Bonne
ville adninistrator, spoke. A diver
sified opinion was expressed on the
feasibility of a "postage stamp" rate
for which Mrs. Minnie McFarland,
Morrow County Pomona grange
master, spoke favorably.
Frank Turner returned Tuesday
from a motor trip to Portland ac
companied by his daughter, Miss
Anabel Turner; nephew, Don Tur
ner, and Miss Ilene Kilkenny, Uni
versity of Oregon students spending
spring vacation here. Mrs. John
Vaughn accompanied "him to the city.
Mrs. Clearwater of Washougal,
Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clear
water and son John of The Dalles
were Sunday visitors at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Rice. The eld
er Mrs. Clearwater is the mother
and Mr. Clearwater, brother, of Mrs.
Rice.
t
J. G. Barratt motored to Portland
yesterday morning to attend a di
rectors meeting of the Northwest
Production Credit association. On
the return he expected to bring his
mother, Mrs. W. B. Barratt, for a
visit.
C. E. Carlson, in the city Saturday
from the Gooseberry farm, said that
attempts to plow had been frustrat
ed by the exceedingly wet condition
of the ground. The disc harrows only
gummed up.
Francis Nickerson, a U. of O. bone
crusher who has hung up a good
record in matches this winter, is
home for spring vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nicker
son. Nancy Jane Cox and brother,
Charles Cox, are spending spring
vacation from Oregon State college
at the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Claude Cox.
C. J. D. Bauman, Loyal R. Parker
and Spencer Crawford ' motored to
Pendleton Tuesday evening to at
tend a meeting of "40 et 8," ex-service
men's organization.
Horace Yoakum returned last
week from the coast where he spent
most of the winter and has again
taken up his abode on the old home
place up Willow creek.
Joe Green, University of Oregon
student and member of the univer
sity band, is spending spring vaca
tion at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Green.
Willie George Wilson returned to
his home in the Hood River valley
the end of the week after visiting
local relatives and friends for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bergstrom were
visitors in the city yesterday from
the Eight Mile farm.
Heppner
R. R. Butler, forest ranger at Uki
ah, was a visitor in the city yester
day in connection with work of sign
ing up permittees for the year.
O. J. Johnson, associate range ex
aminer with the Umatilla National
forest, was a business visitor in the
city yesterday from Pendleton.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec
ialist of Pendleton, will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, MARCH 23rd.
Wilbur Gourley was transacting
business in town Tuesday from the
Skinner creek ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hall moved
this week to the Blahm place on'
Skinner creek.
Lawrence Becket was among Eight
Mile folk in the city on business
Tuesday.
Trashy Fallow Study
on With New Help
Follow up work in the trashy
summerfallow study, started in 1937,
was begun Tuesday and Wednesday
with Lawrence Jenkins, assistant
specialist in farm crops, and W. W.
Gorton, of the farm management
department, O. S. C, visiting several
wheat ranches with Joe Belanger,
county agent.
The cooperation of the farm man
agement department in this work is
new this year, says Mr. Belanger.
It will be recalled that in 1936 the
farm management department con
ducted an economic study of dry
land wheat farming in the Colum
bia basin. A preliminary report of
this investigation was published
February, 1937, and material furn
ished by this report was used to ex
cellent advantage by the Eastern
Oregon Wheat league in the recent
freight hearings before both the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
the Maritime Commission. The data
thus furnished on cost of wheat pro
duction was of invaluable assistance
in bringing about the reduction in
maritime freight rates, and in pre
venting the full fifteen percent in
crease in rail rates on agricultural
commodities.
The work done last year in the
trashy summerfallow study showed
a close relationship between the
type of operation and the amount of
trash left on or near the surface, Mr,
Belanger says. With the variety of
farm tools being used and the var
ied method in which these tools are
handled, the continuation of this
survey in 1138 should bring out ad
ditional valuable information.
Heppner Nimrods
Come Up in Tourney
Heppner Rod and Gun club com
pleted the second round of the Ore
gonian telegraphic trapshooting
tournament Sunday with one clear
win, five defeats and two ties to be
determined in next Sunday's round.
Three of the defeats were suffered
in the first round, the fourth came in
a shoot-off tie in which LaGrande
with 74 topped the local team score
of 72, and the fifth resulted from a
new match with Tillamook which
recorded a perfect 75. The win was
taken from Roseburg, 68, and the
ties were with Washougal and Port
land, each with 72, from last Sun
day's matches.
H. E. Warner 25, P. W. Mahoney
24, and A. D. McMurdo 23, made
up last Sunday's team. Scores for the
day were recorded by Vivian Kane,
secretary, as follows:
100 targets: John Lane 88. -
75 targets: P. W. Mahoney 67, A.
D. McMurdo 66, C. C. Carmichael
65, R. Jackson 48.
50 targets: Chas Latourell 39, Low
ell Turner 39, V. Kane 38, E. 0. Fer
guson 36, H. C. Happold 33, Mark
MerrilL 31, J. Parsons 26.
25 targets: H. E. Warner 25, J. H.
McCrady 23, Rod Thomson 19, Bob
Cutler 21, Edwin Bucknum 19, G.
Carlyle 18, Ray Rice 17, C. A. Kane
16, J. Lane, Jr. 12, Anderson 3.
Next Sunday's competition will be
Pendleton, The Dalles, Bend and
Klamath Falls.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
SSFalNEWS
o Holman for Senator
O Rate Warnings
o Capitol Opening
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM Friends of State Treas
urer Rufus Holman in Salem, Port
land and other sections of Oregon
this week launched a "Holman for
United States Senator" boom in an
effort to persuade Holman to enter
the republican primaries. Holman
who up to this time has figured
largely in speculations as a possi
ble republican candidate for govern
or admits that the prospect of a seat
in the United States senate in
trigues him but declares that he will
await further developments before
making up his mind as to whether
he will run at all or not and if so,
for what.
J. M. Devers, attorney for the
state highway commission, is also
receiving considerable encourage
ment to enter the senatorial race.
Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill this
week denied reports that he had giv
en up any notion of trying for the
senatorship. He was not yet ready,
however, to definitely announce his
candidacy. Others mentioned in con
nection with this post include Ho
mer Angell of Portland, Walter Nor
blad of Astoria and Walter Tooze of
Portland.
Sam Brown, the Gervais farmer,
who announced his intention to seek
the republican gubernatorial nom
ination several weeks ago. filed his
formal declaration this week. In his
platform Brown promises to devote
his efforts to the restoration of har
mony between rival factions in Ore
gon and expresses the belief that
his years of experience in the state
legislature adequately qualify him
for the high office of chief execu
tive. Four years ago Brown was run
ner-up in the republican guberna
torial race, running second only to
Joe Dunne who later lost out to
Charles H,, Martin, the democratic
choice.
Governor Martin's long expected
announcement of intention to try for
a second term, was made at a meet
ing of Young Democrats in Portland
Friday night where the governor
was given a rousing ovation by the
more than 500 partisans attending.
Commenting on the political outlook
to newspapermen in Salem the gov
ernor said that he anticipated no
difficulty in winning the nomina
tion. Three other Democrats wll
compete with Martin for the nomin
ation including Dr. J. F. Hosch of
Bend, O. Henry Oleen of St. Helens
and Dr. Ralph H. Erwin of Portland.
Resignation of E. A. Landis as su
perintendent of the motor transport
division of the public utilities de
partment this week immediately
started a rumor that this was the
forerunner of a wholesale house
cleaning. The rumor was just as
promptly squelched by Utilities
Commissioner N. G. Wallace who
denied that there was any political
significance to Landis' resignation
or that any departmental house
cleaning was in prospect. Supporting
Wallace's claim that Landis was not
being released because of political
reasons came the announcement
that A. F. Harvey, another repub
lican who has been with the depart
ment for the past 12 years, would
slucceed to the post of superinten
dent of transportation.
Here's one that ranks alongside
the old cat and rat farm story: The
state school for the deaf has a small
tact of low, wet land. "Is the land
good for anything," Treasurer Hol
man wanted to know. "Oh, yes, we
raise hay on it," Superintendent
Steed assured him. "And what do
you do with the hay?" Holman per
sisted. "We feed it to our team of
horses," Steed replied. "Oh, so you
have some horses, too; what do you
use them for?" queried Holman. "We
need the horses to cut the hay,"
Steed explained.
Condemnation proceedings will be
resorted to in order to secure pos
session of the Patton property in
Salem occupying a portion of the
block on which the new state li
brary is being built. The Capitol
Reconstruction commission reports
Oregon
that owners of the property have
been offered $32,000 but that they
are asking $57,000.
When the state highway commis
sion retires a block of $1,753,000 in
road bonds maturing April 1 its load
of bonded debt will be reduced be
low the $20,000,000 mark for the first
time since 1920. Unless new bond is
sues are floated the commission's
bonded debt will be almost wiped
out during the next ten years, ac
cording to R. H. Baldock, state high
way engineer.
N. G. Wallace Oregon utilities
commissioner, this week warned J.
D. Ross, Bonneville administrator,
against tampering with the present
rate policy in Oregon which gives to
farmers the same rate as enjoyed
by dwellers in adjacent cities.
"In the state of Oregon, with only
one exception, we have no differ
ential between urban and rural rates,
the schedules of all of our larger
utilities being the same on the farm
as they are in the city, and the same
in the smaller cities as in the larger,"
Commissioner Wallace pointed out
in his letter to Ross.
"We realize, of course, that the
ordinary rural territory, in order to
be served at rates as low as those in
the city, must, in effect be subsi
dized, and, appropriately so, by the
cities which the country supports,
and those cities feel that they should
at least be called upon to bear a sub
stantial part of such subsidy.
"Our people on the farms are go
ing to expect this and our people in
the city have subscribed to it. It is
my judgment that any change in
this situation would arouse a bitter
protest in the very extensive rural
areas served by the utilities which
you mention in your letter."
Governor Martin, in a letter to
Ross, also warned that any benefits
accruing to private utilities by way
of savings in power costs by reason
of the operation of Bonneville dam
must be passed on to the consumers
and not retained by the utility to be
paid out to stockholders as dividends.
Dedication of the new capitol has
been set tentatively for October 1.
The new building will be ready for
occupancy by the latter part of June
but the Capitol Commission does
not want to throw it open to public
inspection until the new furnishings
for the executive suite and the House
and Senate chambers arrive. The
rugs, drapes and furniture for these
rooms, it is estimated, will cost ap
proximately $30,000. Designs for
these furnishings are to be prepared
by the architects who designed the
building and can not be ready for
delivery for several months. While
the building will be ready for occu
pancy in June it is not expected that
all of the work, such as painting
of the murals and the sculptorin of
the statues will be completed for an
other year.
The Oergon association of Trade
Executives has attacked the validity
of referendum petitions filed against
7e jMq&tifat
Look at the young people around you - per
haps there is one or-two in your family I
Listen to their experiences in trying to
find workl Multiply these young men and
women you know by hundreds and you have
our FORGOTTEN CROP I Have we nursed this
orop through its educational years only to
NOW PREVENT its bearing fine fruits? All
these young people ask is the OPPORTUNITY
to WORK in the Columbia Empire. Think
this over I Are you buying products that
provide OPPORTUNITY
"orop"; or will your
Jobs here in the industries of the
Columbia Empire? It's time we planned
WORK for our FORGOTTEN
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the anti-price discrimination act of
the last legslature. Among other
things, it is charged that paid cir
culators were employed in securing
signatures to the petitions. Suit has
been filed in the Marion county
circuit court asking that the refer
endum be set aside.
This is a story of 11 pianos that
have been going "round and round"
for the past three months without
coming out anywhere yet. Three
months ago the Oregon State col
lege asked for 11 new pianos. The
biard of control, upon the recommen
dation of the head of the college
music department, placed the order
with Sherman, Clay & Co., Portland.
Thereupon, Collins & Ewin, another
Portland piano house, protested the
award on the ground that their own
bid had been lower on pianos of
equal quality. The board of control
thereupon passed the buck to the
board of higher education who this
week returned the compliment and
passed it back to the board 6f con
trol. Now the 11 pianos are right
back where they were three months
ago in the lap of the board of con
trol which is again inviting bids on
the deal.
G. T. Want Ads bring results.
Oysters
and
Shell
Fish
NOW IN
SEASON
Marine delicacies
lend zest to our
menus.
Try our
Fountain Service
o
A Good Meal
Anytime
at the .
Elkhorn
Restaurant
ED CHUfN, Prop.
for someone else's
purchases provide
CROP!
Aslt: IS IT PRODUCED IN
THE COLUMBIA EMPIRE?