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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, April 7, 1938
IONE NEWS
Inch Rainfall Stops
Much Farm Work
By MARGARET BLAKE
Nearly an inch of rain fell Mon
day and Tuesday. This brings the
total since September 1 to nearly
nine inches as recorded at Morgan.
Many farmers were forced to quit
plowing until the ground dried out
a bit and creek farmers found the
wetness interferring with irrigation
operations.
The Women's Topic club held its
April study meeting at the home of
Mrs. Clyde Denny last Saturday af
ternoon. The subject of the after
noon was "France" and interesting
papers were read by Miss Emmer
Maynard and Mrs. Hugh Smith who
were hostesses with Mrs. Denny.
Mrs. Jennie McMurray resigned as
a member of the club. At the close
of the meeting delicious refresh
ments were served. It was announced
that the social meeting would be held
at the home of Mrs. Hugh Smith on
April 16.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heliker and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eubanks de
parted Tuesday for a two or three
weeks trip to California.
Mrs. Jennie McMurray has dis
posed of the property belonging to
her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs,
C. A. Low, to John Clark. Mr. Clark
and his brother Will will occupy the
house. They have been living in the
J. W. Howk house.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark who
have been operating the Park hotel
the past few months have moved
back to their home. Mr. and Mrs,
Harris, who have been living in the
Griffith house, have returned to the
hotel but will not operate the dining
room for the public but rent rooms
only.
Nine members were present at
the regular meeting or the Past No
ble Grand club for which Mrs. E. J,
Bristow was hostess last Tuesday.
The club decided that it would serve
dinner in the I. O. O. F. hall on
election day. , .
Mrs. Fred Zielke was called to En
terprise Tuesday by the illness of
her mother, Mrs. Renney. She is
suffering from pneumonia.
Joe Engelmap went to Portland
Friday afternoon. He was accom
panied as far as The Dalles by his
father, Frank Engelman.
Roland Wade, who has spent sev
eral months at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. E. J. Bristow, returned to
his work at Walla Walla Saturday.
School closed about two o'clock
on Tuesday so that the teachers
could leave for Spokane where they
were to attend a teachers' institute
for the rest of the school week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray motored
to Arlington Sunday to bring Mrs.
Lena Ray home from the Hulden
ranch where she has been working.
Mrs. Ray was forced to quit her job
on account of illness.
Norman Swanson, who does pub
lic accounting in Portland, spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Swanson.
Huston Bryson has been visiting
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Bryson. He works in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Keller drove
to Hood River Saturday accompan
ied by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Wain
wright. They returned Monday.
The Harry Munkers family have
moved to the Cool ranch on Willow
creek which they purchased some
time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Morgan spent
the week end with the Brinkman
family near Cecil.
Miss Margaret McDevitt of Bend
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
Fitzpatrick ranch.
Union Beardless
Barley Popular
In Many States
The fame of Union beardless bar
ley, a hybrid variety developed at
the Eastern Oregon branch experi
ment station at Union, has spread
beyond the borders of this state, re
ports D. E. Richards, superintendent
of the station.
Seed houses in Arizona, California
and Washington are now stocking
Union beardless, after finding it su
perior to other beardless barleys for
certain sections of their states.
Tn pastern Oregon Union beardless
has consistently out-yielded other
beardless varieties, particularly in
the irrigated and better rainfall sec
tions. Its yields are not consistently
equal to Trebi or Hanncheri, which
are leading standard varieties, al
though it has out-yielded them in
certain years.
In yield and quality Union beard
less has exceeded its parents, the
common blue barley and an old va
riety known as white barley. It has
given larger tonnage yields for hay
than any other barley variety, and
is comparable to oat and wheat hay
yields. When sown with field peas
for hay, it has out-yielded all other
grain mixtures. It is also used suc
cessfully in seed in thin stands of
alfalfa. It is superior as a hay crop
because of its leafy, soft stems and
beardless heads, making it very
palatable to livestock, Richards re
ports. Union beardless has practic
ally the same cultural characteris
tics as other spring barleys.
For grain the recommended rate
of seeding is 72 pounds per acre, but
when sown alone for hay, 80 or 90
pounds is best, while about 75 pounds
is recommended in a mixture with
peas. It requires smut treatment
when sown for grain, but this is un
necessary when the crop is intended
for hay.
The cross which resulted in this
successful variety was made by the
late Robert Withycombe about 1920
when he was superintendent of the
Union branch station. It was re
leased to the farmers about 1928 and
has become increasingly popular
with growers since that time.
City Problems to be
Talked at Pendleton
Pendleton will play host Wednes
day, April 13, to mayors and other
city officials from all municipalities
in this section of the state, when the
29th regional conference, called by
the League of Oregon Cities, will
convene at noon. Following lunch
eon the officials will meet the rest
of the afternoon for an informal dis
cussion of mutual problems.
The primary purpose of this con
ference is to secure an interchange
of experience and ideas and the
meeting will be ponducted on an in
formal basis so that every person
present will have an opportunity to
be heard, it is stated by V. E. Kuhn,
mayor of Salem and president of the
League. Mayor Kuhn is planning to
attend this meeting to report person
ally on the activities of the League
during the past year and to get the
benefit of opinions as to the pro
gram of legislation, service and re
search which should be undertaken
by the organization.
The meeting will develop its own
program, but among the subjects
which have been suggested for con
sideration are the problem of traf
fic regulation within cities, the role
of the cities in labor disputes and
control of picketing, the problem of
securing revenue to offset the pin
ball decision, including licensing of
various new games of skill, building
codes and zoning with reference to
federal housing loans, regulation of
curb cutting and driveways, the ad
visability of amending present bud
get laws to permit cities to build up
reserve funds for specific municipal
purposes, federal policies as affect
ing airport construction, and codifi
cation of ordinances.
Suggestions as to new ideas or
methods of municipal procedure to
any city will be welcomed at these
round tables'
City officials from here invited to
attend the meeting include: Mayor
Jeff Jones; Recorder E. R. Huston;
City Attorney J. J. Nys; Councilmen
P. W. Mahoney, R. B. Ferguson, D.
A. Wilson, L. D. Tibbies, R. C.
Phelps, Ed Bennett.
FLAG QUESTIONS
(For Annual American Legion
Auxiliary Americanism Con
test)
21. What are the only cases when
the Flag is flown at night?
22. On what occasions should the
Flag be displayed in all states and
territories of the United States?
23. Describe in detail the proper
way to raise and lower the Flag.
24. How is the Flag of the United
States carried: (a) In a procession
with another flag; (b) In a process
ion with a line of flags?
25. What is the position of the Flag
of the United States in a group of
flags of states, or cities or pennants
of the societies, displayed from
staffs?
27. What is the position of the
Flag of the United States when
flown on the same halyard with
flags of States or cities or pennants
of societies? Is there ever an excep
tion to this rule? "
28. When flown with flags of oth
er nations, what are the require
ments regarding the height of all
staffs and the size of the flags?
29. What does international usage
forbid regarding the display of flags
of different nations in time of peace?
30. What is the position of the
blue field when the Flag is flown
from a staff projecting horizontally
or at an angle from the window sill,
balcony, or from a building?
ARTHUR HUGHES WEDS
Announcement has been made of
the marriage in Pasco last week of
Arthur Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Hughes of Lena, and Miss
Marjorie Elder, daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Elder of Monument. They
will reside on the John Day river.
Neal Knighten, in the city Tuesday
afternoon from Hardman, reported
quite heavy snowfalls there Sunday
and Monday nights. The Hardman
section is plenty wet, already, and
folks there would like to see more
sunshine.
Edwin Hughes of Lena is confined
at Heppner hospital from a fractured
leg received when a drum of oil he
was helping to unload rolled against
it last Friday. The leg was broken
just above the ankle.
Grant Olden was a business visitor
in town Monday from the Rhea creek
farm.
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