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Volume 54, Number 3 ' " " HeDDner. Oregon. ThnraHav. Maroh 9A iqq cu.;;. conn v
N. E. Dodd Tells
County Farmers of
New Program
225 Attend Meeting
at Lexington; Com
munity Meets Next
The new farm act "is a farmers'
program, gotten up by farmers and
controlled by farmers, and is not
based on scarcity but on avoiding
surpluses," declared N. E. Dodd of
Haines, chairman, of the state agri
cultural conservation committee, at
a county-wide meeting attended by
some 225 wheat farmers at Lexing
ton yesterday.
Pointing out three principal values
of the new program, Mr. Dodd said
it assures a fair price, and it can in
makes loans available to farmers
based on parity price, and it can in
sure cooperating farmers against all
crop hazards up to 75 percent of
normal yields.' For the first time,
Mr. Dodd declared, the gambling
element has been at least partially
removed from the wheat farming
business. Fom this point of view, he
declared, the program should be
heartily endorsed not only by far
mers themselves, but by business
men.
Purposes of the act, as stated by
the bill, were quoted by Mr. Dodd:
"To conserve the nation's re
sources and use them efficiently.
"To assist in the marketing of food
products for domestic consumption
and export.
"To regulate interstate and for
eign commerce in cotton, wheat,
corn, rice, and tobacco, so as to min
imize violent fluctuations in sup
plies, marketing and prices.
"To protect consumers by stabil
izing food and feed supplies.
"To assure farmers a fair share
of the national income."
In the long run, the program is
expected to not only benefit agricul
ture, but contribute to the welfare
of the entire nation.
The advantages gained by the co
operating farmer, Mr. Dodd said,
may be summarized as follows:
1. For raising only his share of
the nations wheat crop, which in
volves some acreage reduction, he
gets 12 cents a bushel on all of the
wheat which he would normally
raise on his acreage allotment. Funds
to pay him are taken from the fed
eral appropriation which is contin
uing until 1942.
2. If wheat prices fall .below 52
percent of parity, which at the pres
ent time means about 60 cents a
bushel, loans up to that amount are
available. This, in effect, shoves a
plank under the price of wheat, pre
venting it from falling below this
amount, for farmers can take a fed
eral loan at 60 cents a bushel rather
than sell on the market at less than
that amount.
3. Provided quotas are voted and
funds are provided for parity pay
ments, then enough would be added
to the price of wheat to bring up to
parity the price of the amount of
wheat which constitutes the indiv-.
dual's quota.
4. Crop insurance is provided for
in the act. Payments may be made
in wheat or money, and received in
wheat or money, at the farmer's op
tion. Two types of policies are avail
able, one for 75 percent of the nor
mal yield and the other for 50 per
cent. When restricting quotas go into
effect and, as Mr. Dodd explained,
these quotas can be established only
upon vote of two-thirds of the far
mers affected, a tax of 15 cents a
bushel is placed on marketed wheat.
Exemption certificates are issued,
however, to the extent of each man's
marketing quota. The cooperator
may borrow on all of his wheat, the
non-cooperator only on the amount
in excess of his quota and on that
amount may borrow only 60 percent
of the amount available to coopera
tors. Crop insurance is available only
to cooperators, and parity payments
John Lane Leads
Shooters at Traps
With John Lane cracking 100
straight birds, Heppner stepped up
a notch in Sunday's matches of the
Oregonian telegraphic trapshoot.
Counting the first 25 birds on the
three high guns, Lane with 25, P. W.
Mahoney 25 and E. O. Ferguson 24,
made up the 74 "team score which
bested The Dalles 69, Bend 72, and
Klamath, 69, in the day's matches,
while being topped only by Pendle
ton with 75. In two tie matches held
over from the Sunday previous, the
locals lost to Portland75, and won
from Washougal 69. Next Sunday's
opponents will be Siuslaw, Seaside,
Aurora and Eugene. Individual local
scores for the day were:
100 birds John Lane 100, L. Van
Marter 98, A. D. McMurdo 96.
75 birds P. W. Mahoney 74, Viv
ian Kane 61. .
50 birds Tom Clark 42, C. C. Car
michael 41, B. E. Isom 28.
25 birds E. O. Ferguson 24, Milt
Spurlock 21, H. C. Happold 19, Low
ell Turner 17, Ed Kelly 16, M. Cum
mings 15. ,
FFA Speakers Giye
Talks Before Lions
Jack Healy and Clayton Wright,
first and second place winners in
local competition for the right to
represent the Heppner chapter at
the coming sectional speaking meet
in Arlington, gave their speeches
before the Lions club Monday. They
were also presented the cash awards
offered in the local contest by Hepp
ner Branch, First National Bank of
Portland, with B. C. Pinckney, bank
manager, making the presentation.
A check was also handed to Wm.
Bennett, instructor, for Howard
Patton, who placed third.
Healy read his speech, which had
been rewritten over the week end.
It touched the subject of range con
servation. Wright spoke on feeding
wheat to swine in eastern Oregon.
Questions were asked on invitation
of the instructor, as at the Arling
ton meet each of the judges will have
the right to ask each boy four ques
tions. Rex Ellis Again
To Seek Senatorship
Rex Ellis of Pendleton will file
within the week for the office of
joint senator from Morrow, Umatilla
and Union counties, he announced
on a visit here Wednesday. He will
file on the republican ticket. The
only other announced candidate for
the ofice to date is George R. Lewis,
Pendleton democrat.
Mr. Ellis said that, if elected, he
would continue to work for the right
of farm people to operate their own
trucks. He declared that Morrow
county did not ask for a single
thing at the last legislature that did
not get attention, and that his whole
hearted support was given to the
wind control and weed control dis
trict bills.
HARD WIND BLOWS
Morrow county was visited by a
hard wind storm Monday night and
all day Tuesday, reminding of the
heavy winds which blew volumes
of dirt in March two and three years
ago. This year, little damage is re
ported, what with the wet condition
of the soil added to trashy summer
fallow practices generally instituted
since the notorious dust storms.
will be made only to cooperators.
The amount of wheat over quota
limits, termed "hot" wheat" by Mr.
Dodd, can be used on the farm for
feeding purposes, for seed, or may
be used for paying crop insurance
premiums, or it may be held until
the next year and then sold to fill
the farmer's quota in case of in
dividual crop shortage.
A considerable proportion of the
wheat farmers ,of Morrow county
were present at the meeting. A ser
ies of community meetings will be
held, according to County Agent Joe
Belanger, so that wheat farmers who
were unable to attend the meeting
may become acquainted with the de
tails of th new farm plan.
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Acting Mayor Asks
Closing so All May
Attend Minstrel
Band's Appearance '
at State. Contest Will
be Financed by Show
Will stores close at 8 o'clock the
evening of Saturday, April 2? .
That is the question sought to be
answered in the affirmative by re
quest of P. W. Mahoney, chairman
of the council and acting mayor in
the illness of Mayor Jeff Jones. Ma
honey believes the Elks minstrel on
that evening to raise funds to send
the school band to the state contest
is of such public importance as to
justify general closing of business
houses to give everyone an oppor
tunity to attend.
The minstrel is slated to start at
8 o'clock at the school auditorium,
and with the production now re
ceiving the finishing touches, Dick
Lawrence, director, is authority for
the statement that it will be the
best minstrel he ever has had any
thing to do with.
Besides the large men's and wo
men's chorus, directed by Miss Hel
en Ralph of lone, eight blackface
end men will sing solos and crack
jokes under interlocution of Clar
ence Bauman. Miss Ralph and Rus
sell McNeill will be featured solo
ists, and Virginia Dix will accom
pany at the piano.
A clever array of popular songs,
specially arranged by Mrs. Juanita
Carmichael, will be enthusiastically
received by all, Lawrence believes.
One hundred reserved seats plac
ed on sale at Gordon's have been
rapidly going at 75 cents each.
General admission prices will be
50 and 25 cents. Following the min
strel, a local orchestra will preside
for dancing at the Elks hall, pro
ceeds of which will also go to the
band.
Harold Buhman, band director,
expects to have 50 bandsters at Eu
gene for the contest appearance,
April 9.
Final Registration
Date is April 19th
Any Morrow county voters not
now in good standing and who ex
pect to vote at the May 20 primary
nominating election should register
before April 20, as the 19th is the
last day books will be open before
the election, advises Chas. W. Bar
low, clerk. No person will be per
mitted to vote on election day who
is not properly registered, as there
will be no swearing in of voters at
the polls.
Time is also getting short in which
candidates for office may complete
filings to get their names on the
ballot. The final date for filing is
April 4, the clerk points out.
REVIVAL MEETINGS START
The revival meeting at the Church
of Christ, which was first announced
last December, is to begin on Mon
day night at 7:30. The evangelist will
be Clifford N. Trout, for the past
year pastor of the Christian church
at Waitsburg, Wash. Mrs. Trout will
lead the music and conduct child
ren's meetings. The children's meet
ings will be held at the church im
mediately after school and will fea
ture songs, stories, Bible drills and
hunts.
Some of the subjects which Mr.
Trout announces in advance are:
"Your Golden Calf," "Which Bread
line Are You In?" "That Other
Prodigal," "The Victorious Church,"
and "A Court ound Guilty." There
will be special music each night and
congregational singing.
Meetings will be held each night
except Saturday and the public is
invited to attend the services.
Mr. and Mrs. Trout were school
mates of Mr. and Mrs. Kleinfeldt
during their Bible College days.
Audit Report Shows
Few Discrepancies
A report received this week of the
recently completed audit of county
books, recommended but slight
change in methods of handling
county business. S. W. Starr, super
visor of audits in the secretary of
state's office, signed the audit, which
was made by assistants Bernard C.
Davis and Max A. Saunders. Cor
rect handling of accounts was indi
cated through the various offices in
most instances. '
The auditor advised that "col
lection of delinquent taxes should be
taken into consideration in the prep
aration of the budget and the esti
mate should be based on past ex
perience and the proper provisions
made for loss on the current year's
levy. These factors should apply to
all county funds and not just to the
road funds" Clerk Barlow pointed
out that while in 1937, anticipated
revenues from delinquent taxes were
allowed only in case of the road
fund, this year's budget does com
ply with the auditor's recommenda
tion. The report also stated that all ear
marked revenues raised by special
tax or license must also be budgeted.
Pomona Meeting Set
At Lexington, April 2
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet in the Lexington grange
hall on Saturday, April 2. A business
meeting will be called in the fore
noon, after which luncheon will be
served.
A program featuring "Improve
ment of Morrow County and Its
Homes" will begin about 1:30 p. m.
Several interesting articles for the
program will be given by grangers
and people of the county, and two
outside speakers are also slated for
the afternoon. Wm. Teutsch from the
extension service will talk on agri
culture and Morton Thompkins,
field man for the Bonneville project,
will talk on rural electrification. The
public is cordially invited to the pro
gram, and the Pomona grangers will
gladly welcome a capacity house.
There will be committee meetings
and perhaps a short business session
before dinner is served, and after
that the business will be completed.
Hardman Loan Assn.
Has $771,000 in Loans
The annual meeting of thevHard
man National Farm Loan associa
tion was held Monday afternoon at
the Elks hall, with business of hear
ing reports and electing officers. Di
rectors elected were John J. Wight
man, Chas. B. Cox, Ralph Benge,
Frank Wilkinson, John F. Kenny.
John J. Wightman was elected pres
ident, Chas. B. Cox, vice-pesident,
and Vawter Parker, secretary.
The association now has 122 loans
in Morrow county for total of $771,-
800. These loans as well as all other
Land Bank loans and Land Bank
Commissioner loans are serviced
through the joint office at Heppner.
It was reported that long term loans
are now being written at the low in
terest rate of 44 percent.
P. W. Mahoney is
Elks' Exalted Ruler
P. W. Mahoney was raised to the
office of exalted ruler, succeeding
Bert Mason, retiring from the office,
at the annual election of Heppner
lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, held last
Thursday evening. Installation of
the new officers is slated for the
first meeting in April.
Other officers elected were Loyal
R. Parker, secretary; Hubert Gaily,
treasurer; James Farley, Jr., es
teemed leading knight; Joseph Bel
anger, esteemed loyal knight; Ken
neth Akers, esteemed lecturing
knight; Norton Lundell, tyler; D. A.
Wilson, trustee; Frank W. Turner,
alternate delegate to grand lodge.
Bart, the typewriter man, expects
to be in Heppner the fore part of
next week. Orders may be left at
Gazette Times office.
Arlington Meeting
Asks Channel Work
For River Use
Port Facilities to
Come, Promised En
gineer at Hearing
A strong plea for channel devel
opment in connection with establish
ment of the Port of Arlington was
made by representative business
men, farmers, stockmen and local
governmental leaders at a hearing
conducted by Major Theron Weaver
of the army engineers at Arlington
Monday afternoon.
The Port of Arlington promised to
build docks, establish bonded ware
house and maintain the entirebus
iness so it will be of service to the
public in using the Columbia river
for navigation, if the federal govern
ment will prepare the channel to ac
comodate a barge 40 feet wide, and
in low water 7 feet deep. Cost of
docks was estimated at $40,000.
The port is expected to drain
shipping from the John Day valley
and surrounding territory in Gil
liam, Wheeler, Grant and Morrow
counties.
Many speakers told of the import
ance of the port, and how it would
help cut down shipping rates to mar
ket of the entire products of this
territory. Telegrams of endorsement
were received from Kinzua Pine
Mills and Inland Navigation com
pany. Bert Johnson, county judge, as
sole speaker from this county, em
phasized the importance of river
transportation development as a
necessity in making wheat raising
pofitable in this region. Wheat is
now being grown as economically
as possible, he asserted, and the only
way in which the grower can expect
increased returns is by getting it to
market at lower cost.
The government is constructing
Grand Coulee dam with the expec
tation that 1,300,000 acres will be
placed under irrigation in that re
gion, said Mr. Johnson, and people
expected to locate there must be
given advantage of river transpor
tation and consequent lower trans
portation cost if they are to be ex
pected to profitably compete with
sections closer to market.
Again, Mr. Johnson told of the
plans of the Morrow county court
to build roads to connect up with
river outlets, and asserted the fed
eral government should keep its part
of the river development program
apace with expectations of this and
other counties that are doing like
wise. Walter Eubanks and Harry Dinges
were also present from this county.
W. S. Nelson represented the Port
of Arlington, and other speakers on
the program included Giles French
and E. R. Fatland, state representa
tives; H. V. Web.b of the highway
commission; Roy Kunsman, secre
tary Port of Arlington; Chas. Hag
man, engineer Port of Arlington; C.
A. Nish, vice-president Condon Co
operative Grain Assn.; R. M. Mc
Kennon, Gilliam county agent; H.
M. Bull, manager Gilliam County
Grain Growers; E. M. Hulden,
farming 13,000 acres of grain land
near Arlington; W. A. Hartfield,
farming 12,000 acres and member of
Port of Arlington; John Withycombe,
wheat farmer; C. K. Barker, presi
dent Wheeler County Livestock
Assn.; Alfred Owsley, representing
Kerr-Gifford & Co.; Lew Russell,
representing Shaffer Forwarding
Co.; E. R. Irby, Oregon grange; Ar
thur Jones, editor Condon Globe
Times; Raymond Crowder, editor
Arlington Bulletin.
The expressions of opinion were
expected to influence the govern
ment in bringing channel work to a
point at Arlington where construc
tion of the dock and other port
facilities would be justified.
New Wire netting for sale at a
bargain. Victor Johnson, city. l-3p