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Page Four Heppner Gazette Times. Heppner, Oregon Thursday, May 5, 1938 Heppner Gazette Times THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1912 Published every Thursday morning by CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD. Editor SPENCER CRAWFORD. Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 Three Years : 6.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months .75 Single Copies 05 Official Paper for Morrow County Member Oryg&fTNewspaper PiblisKVrs )b0Ciali2)(Q) Hail and Farewell COMES announcement this week of change in management of Condon Globe Times. Arthur H. Jones who recently acquired the pa per has disposed of his interests to Stewart Hardie. Jones will enter the newspaper field at Prineville. While editing papers at John Day and Con don the last few years, Mr. Jones has proved himself capable and en terprising. Hardie, Gilliam county clerk, is no stranger to the Condon newspaper, having assisted in its management before Jones took over the paper. Schooled in journalism, he is a worthy successor as helms man. To Mr. Hardie,' hail. To Mr. Jones, farewell. Harold B. Say, head of the high way department's travel bureau, predicts that tourists will spend more than $40,000,000 in Oregon this year. More than 18,000 inquiries have al ready been received by the depart ment from prospective visitors in every state in the union and 30 for eign countries, Say declared, oral opinion Attorney General Van Winkle this week advised the Capitol Reconstruction commission that it is clothed with ample authority to finance construction of a new heat ing plant on any site owned by the state. The attorney general had pre viously indicated that expenditure of funds under control of this com mission must be confined to the en larged capitol site. In the same opinion the attorney general advised the Board of Control that an act passed by the 1935 legis lature authorized the purchase of a site on which to build a heating plant Only one-third of the checks be ing written by the Unemployment commission are for the maximum amount of 15 a week. Forty percent of the compensation checks going out to unempoyed workers are for sums under $12 a week. RECEIVER'S NOTICE OF SALE To Whom it May Concern: Pursuant to authority of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, the undersigned J. L. Gault, as Receiver of the First National Bank, Heppner, Oregon, will offer at public sale to the high est bidder or bidders for cash, at Heppner, Oregon, on May 10, 1938, at 10 o'clock A. M., the remaining assets of the said The First Nation al Bank of Heppner, Oregon, con sisting of real estate, bills receivable, judgments, overdrafts, and other choses in action and chattels less such items as may be paid or other wise disposed of prior to the said date of sale herein mentioned. A descriptive list of the remaining as sets so offered for sale may be in spected by prospective purchasers, at the office of the Receiver of The First National Bank, Heppner, Ore gon, on all business days up to and including the date of the said sale between the hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. M. According to law, said remaining assets cannot be sold otherwise than without recourse and without war ranty of any kind or character, and subject to the approval of the Comp troller of the United States, and sub ject to confirmation by a court of record of competent jurisdiction, J. L. GAULT, Receiver. HONEST MR. WOODRAT GIVES EVEN TRADEEXCEPT FOR PIECE OF EAR By F. F. WEHMEYER The woodrat has more mischief and cussedness bound up in his small furry hide than any other living creature. He has large expressive eyes and is a truly beautiful little creature, with that angelic, innocent expression that one occasionally sees in the cat's face as she non chalantly saunters out the pantry door. This little wood imp can indus triously concentrate on doing more damage in a single night than would seem possible without a careful month's planning. He thrives in spite of the curses of high heaven brot down on him by the tenderfoot camper and is always on hand to joyfully join every camping party that invades his territory. The camper that awakens in the morning to find his only shoe laces neatly cut into two inch lengths and a handsome crescent removed from his new Stetson is seldom in a humor to get any consolation from the fact that the rat tries to be en tirely honest and if he just sort of casually borrows anything he al ways put something in its place. For this he is widely known as the trade rat and also the pack rat in addition to numerous and unprint able names conferred in the heat of anger. If he empties the sack of dried prunes, he will probably care fully fill the sack with dried ma nure. If he makes off with the camp er's car keys, glasses and jack knife he will probably put an old bone, a pine cone and a dried mushroom in their place. Any abandoned cabin is imme diately appropriated to his use and he is never too retiring or modest to invite himself in should it not be abandoned. Anyone who has ever taken shel ter in an old cabin is usually in for what we would call a "night of it." Weird and noisy scamperings mark the rat's regular and tireless trips to and fro, while each new idea is accompanied with a resounding thump as he brings his small heel down in emphasis. For years I have tried to find out and watch just how one of his little tricks was performed but to date have been unable to catch one in the act. He will carry eggs up the side of a wall and store them among the beams or the rafters over head Student Leaders Win In Close Contest Oregon State College Bob Wal ker of Corvallis was selected as stu dent body president at OSC for next year in one of the closest Associated Students elections ever held on the campus. Walker, junior class presi dent this year, defeated Ed Burchell of Lexington, editor of the Daily Barometer, by, 26 votes, according to the official canvas. Ted Kirsch of Maupin was named first vice president; Irene Hegeberg of Portland, second vice president; Russell Graf of Hood River, third vice president; Janet Hinkle of Port land, secretary; Joe Carter of Pen dleton, president of the Memorial Union; and Derwood Smith of Cor vallis, yell king. The State Land board has gone on record as opposed to further sales of tidelands along Oregon streams or ocean beaches. The board adopt ed this policy after rejecting two bids for the purchase of 44 acres of tidelands on Quinn's island in the Columbia river, said to be valuable for fishing purposes. The board will lease the land instead, charging poundage fees which will go to en rich the common school fund. Residents of Linn county who go to the polls at the primary election will also have an opportunity to vote on the question of organizing a peo ples' utility district. The Hydro-electric commission has called a utility district election for May 20. At a previous election in November, 1936, the proposal was rejected. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. French were transacting business in the city Mon day from the ranch in the Pilot Rock district. While nature is treat ing the country kindly at this sea son they were interested in seeing livestock prices stiffen considerably. and leave no mar or marks on the egg to indicate just how it is done. I have been told that he wraps his tail around the egg and hauls it but I have, never believed it as the tail is rather stubby, is covered with hair and in no way present a pre hensile appearance. Many years ago another forest officer and myself went into an old log cabin to escape a storm. It was fitted with old fashioned bunks made of split puncheon that were harder on the bottom than any sinner's heart. For the sake of room they were built about like deep pantry shelves. Being pretty well exhaust ed we fell asleep in spite of pro testing hipbones and shoulder blades. Along in the night my pardner let out a whoop that would have made an Apache on the war path envious. I crawled out and kicked the leg out from under the cook stove with my bare toes trying to find the lamp which was lost in the complete darkness and the confusion of be ing turned around. When we were again oriented, so to speak, I found that a wood rat had playfully sam pled a rather generous bite out of my friend's ear and he had nearly removed the well spiked puncheon bottom of the bunk over him as he suddenly raised up. In this partic ular case nothing was left in place of the missing piece of ear, the rat evidently figuring that there was just too much fuss about a little thing like that anyhow. HENRY J. BEAN of Umatilla County PRESENT CHIEF JUSTICE CANDIDATE FOR Justice of the Supreme Court Position No. 2 on Nonpartisan Judiciary Ballot TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE Asks Your Support Primary Election May 20, 1938 OLD-TIMER VISITS C. F. Osmers was an apprentice in the Heppner Gazette shop when Otis Patterson was editor back in 1890, and visited Heppner yesterday with Mrs. Osmers just to see how Heppner may have changed since that time and to look up some old time friends,, including L. L. Mat lock and Mrs. Natter. They were passing this way from Tacoma and drove fifty miles out of their way. A brother of Mr. Osmers was em ployed with Mr. Natter in the early days. LEAVING ON TRIP Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson, Jr., expect to leave Saturday for an ex tensive six-weeks trip that will take them through the east into Montreal, Canada, south into Georgia and home by way of California where they expect to visit Mrs. Thomson's par ents at Los Angeles. Get results with G. T. want ads. PROGRESSIVE IN IDEAS CONSERVATIVE IN FINANCES Sustain civil liberties and maintain a government which is clean, simple, efficient, vigorous. Protect labor and its rights; oppose coercion and vio lence. Oppose new and burdensome taxes; endeavor to equal ize taxation for elementary schools. Preserve Bonneville power as public benefaction. Foster honest industry and agriculture to stimulate em ployment ; adequate pensions for decent living. 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