Thursday, May 12, 1938 Fred Ely was transacting business in the city yesterday from the farm in the Morgan section. With his brothers, Mr. Ely recalled coming to Morrow county fifty years ago from Iowa, on in 1887 to be exact. An uncle located on a farm near Mor gan in 1885. He said he had been there just about as long as a news paper was published in the county. A considerable influx of population came along with the branch railroad in 189. Andy Baldwin is hobbling about on crutches, directing his trucking business, the result of a spained ankle when he fell off the top of a truckload of wool at the Harlan Mc Curdy ranch the first of the week. Mr. Baldwin was just pulling the last sack into place on top of the load when he slipped and fell -upon a fence post. The load was consider ably higher than his head. Lawrence Beach' was a business visitor here Tuesday. He was mak ing preparations to move the family home to The Dalles where they have purchased a house. He reported Mrs. Beach making good progress toward recovery fom a major operation she underwent at The Dalles hospital two weeks before, though he expect ed it would be another week before she could leave the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case and children of Medford, Harold Case and daughter Janet from Weiser, Idaho, and Mrs. Robert Evans, also of Weiser, were visiting the end of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case, parents of the boys and Mrs. Evans. They were called here by the illness of Mrs. Case. F. W. Turner returned home Mon day from Portland where he had been for two weeks undergoing medical treatment. He returned somewhat improved in health tho still suffering from the rheumatism that has been bothering him for some time. Neal Knighten of Hardman, Leon ard Carlson of Gooseberry and E. R. Lundell of lone were among out-of-town directors of the Morrow Coun ty Republican club attending the di rectors' meeting here Monday eve ning. . Miss Ireta Taylor is reported to be doing nicely following an operation for appendicitis which she under went on Wednesday last week at Heppner hospital. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor. Frank C. Alfred left yesterday for Portland. Picking up Mrs. Alfred at The Dalles, they expected to attend Helen Hayes' play, "Victoria Regma in the city last night and Mr. Alfred . expected to return home today. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Palmateer were in town Tuesday from Morgan. Their crop prospects look mighty bright at this season with the grain now starting to head out. Max Schulz has returned to town after assisting Ira Hughes with shearing at the Gladys Corrigall, Frank Chapman and Luke Bibby ranches the last week. Mrs. R. M. Rice was taken to Port land last Friday afternoon for spec ialized treatment in her illness. She was suffering from a throat infec tion. Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec ialist of Pendleton, will make his next visit to HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th. Lost, black mare, with halter, wire blemish on left hind leg, blazed face; escaped from truck near Cecil. Call 665, Heppner. 8-9P Gerald Slocum was in the city yesterday from the ranch on the John Day, transacting business. ' Judge C. L. Sweek was in the city Monday fom Pendleton conducting a short session of circuit court. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lun dell of lone at Heppner hospital, Tuesday, a lOMs-pound boy. W. H. French was In town yester day from Blue Mountain farm. Heppner . Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith in this city Tuesday, an 8 3-4-pound girl. Josephine Mahoney returned home Tuesday from a trip to Portland. STATE CAPITAL NEWS Political Races Democratic Gains Lowered Tax Bills By A. L. LINDBECK SALEM So much stress has been placed upon the hotly contested gu bernatorial race that candidates for other important posts for which nominations are to be made at the forthcoming primary election are experiencing dificulty in arousing any enthusiasm among the voters. For instance the terms of three supreme court justices are expiring. in each instance the incumbent is seeking another term but each jus tice is faced with opposition, more or less formidable. For position No, 2 now held by Justice Henry J. Bean, veteran member of the court both in point of age and years of service, there are five candidates including Justice Bean himself. Under the pro' visions of the non-partisan judici ary law should none of these can didates receive a majority of the votes cast for this position the two high candidates will enter a run-off election next November. The same situation exists in the case of posi tion No. 5 where Justice Hall S. Lusk is opposed by Attorney General Van Winkle and James T. Chinnock of Grants Pass. In the case of position No. 3 where Justice J. O. Bailey is opposed by only one other candidate, B. S. Martin of Salem, only the name of the candidate surviving the primary contest will appear on the November ballot. An interesting situation exists in the tenth judicial district where ten candidates, including practically ev ery attorney in Union and Wallowa counties, have entered the race to succeed Judge J. W. Knowles who is retiring after a long period of ser vice on the circuit bench. Then there are the senatorial and congressional posts for all of which hotly contested races are being waged in both the Democratic and Republican camps. On the Demo cratic side of the senatorial cam paign both Carl Donaugh and Willis Mahoney are engaging in daily per sonal appeals for support over the radio and from the platform while the Republican candidates, State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman and Robert N. Stanfield, appear to be re lying more heavily on letter writing campaigns. In the congressional column James W. Mott. republican incumbent from the first district, is faced with the most formidable opponent of his ex perience in the person of Walter Norblad, youthful Astoria attorney. Congressman Walter M. Pierce, dem ocratic incumbent in the second dis trict, is not expected to have any great difficulty in defeating his lone opponent, Wade Crawford of Klam ath county. In the third district Nan Wood Honeyman, incumbent, ap pears to have the situation well in hand and is expected to easily out distance her two democratic oppon ents. ' Outside of the congressional and gubernatorial posts the only state wide contest which the republican voters will be called on to decide is that for state labor commissioner where C. H. Gram, incumbent, is opposed by David F. Graham of Malheur county. Democratic voters, however, will have to choose be tween opposing candidates for two other state positions. For superin- tentend of public instruction, Rex Putnam, incumbent, is opposed by John W. Leonhardt of La Grande, and for the post of Labor Commis sioner two men are bidding for sup portClarence F. Hyde of Eugene and Paul E. Roth of Multnomah county. Republican domination of the po litical picture In Oregon was re Gazette Times, Heppner, duced to a majority of only 16,963 over their Democratic opponents in pre-primary registration figures just compiled by Secretary of State Snell. Compared with the registration fig ures for the 1936 primary election the current registration shows a Re publican loss of 6,017 voters and a Democratic gain of 49,947. The Dem ocrats are now in the majority in 13 Oregon counties including Baker, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath Multnomah, Union, Wallowa and Yamhill. Prior to the 1936 primary election the Democrats recorded ma jorities in only four counties Ba ker, Klamath, Harney and Union. - Tax payments by Oregon proper ty owners during 1937 totalled ap proximately $41,776,500 according to statistics compiled by the state tax commission. That was $2,231,Q00 in excess of the current tax levy, the excess being applied to a reduction of the outstanding tax delinquency which at the end of 1937 had been whittled down to $40,775,000, a re duction of nearly $6,000,000 below the peak of $46,510,000 to which tax delinquencies in this state had grown by the end of 1135. In 23 of the state's 36 counties the outstanding tax delinquency still amounts to more than the current annual levy. This situation is espec ially bad in Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Jefferson, Lincoln and Til' lamook counties where tax delin quencies in some instances amount to as much as three times the cur rent levy. Only three counties, how ever, fail to show some progress in the effort to reduce tax delinquen cies. Douglas, Malheur and Tilla mook counties show tax delinquen' cies at the end of 1937 greater than they were at the close of 1935. While business handled by Oregon railroads shows steady increase since 1932 freight revenues collected by Oregon roads in 1936 were still 9.4 percent below the 1930 figure ac cording to a statistical report com' piled by N. G. Wallace, public util ities commissioner. Passenger rev enues, too, show a steady gain since 1933 but for 1936 were still 37.87 percent below the figures for 1930, At that, however, railroad business in Oregon during the past six years has been better than that for the United States as a whole, Wallace's report shows. On May 1, after four months of experience in benefit payments, the fund of the Oregon Unemployment Compensation commission was only 655,554 below the level at which it stood on January 2, the commission reported this week. In view of the fact that the past four months were probably, the most strenuous the fund will ever be called upon to face the commission is highly elated over the manner in which the fund withstood the severe strain put up on it by the huge accumulation of benefit claims. Records of the State Police Bureau show that 29 labor terrorists are now serving prison terms ranging from a minimum of 90 days in the Wash ington county jail in the case of Jack Lyons to 12 years in the state peni tentiary in the case of Albert JJ, Banks, former head of the Salem teamsters union, convicted on an arson charge in connection with the burning of a West Salem box factory last November. Five other, goons convicted on terrorist charges are at liberty either under suspended sentences or paroles from the bench while 53 other alleged terrorists, all under indictment, are awaiting trial Ralph Moody, special prosecutor under Governor Martin to assist district attorneys with the "goon1 trials, has announced that the tria of Jack W. Estabrook, Portland warehouse union secretary, will open in Washington county on May 16, to be followed immediately by the trial of Albert E. Rosser, Portland team sters secretary. Both are under in dictment on charges of malicious destruction of property with dyna mite. Whoever the Democrats may nom inate as their candidate for gov ernor it is a pretty safe bet that his name will be "Henry." Their three candidates include Charles Henry Martin, Henry Hess and O. Henry Oleen. The Republicans have only one "Henry" among their eight can' didates. He is Henry Hanzen, former budget director under Gov. Meier, Oregon Annual Poppy Sale Slated for May 21 Poppy Day will be observed in Heppner this year on Saturday, May 21, when memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the World War dead will be distributed throughout the city by the Heppner unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. The Auxiliary women are making exten sive preparations for the observance of the day under the leadership of Mrs. J. G. Barratt, Poppy Day chair man. The poppies, made of crepe paper by disabled veterans, will be offered on the streets by volunteer workers from the Auxiliary unit and cooper ating organizations. "Poppy girls" will distribute the flowers in the business district throughout the day, and will also work in the outlying centers. Contributions for the wel fare of the disabled veterans and needy families of veterans will be asked in exchange for the flowers. "Wearing the poppy is a personal tribute to the men who gave their lives in the country's service," Mrs. Barratt said. "By having a poppy on the coat on Poppy Day, all can show that they still remember and honor the sacrifices made for America during the World War. The poppy is the flower which bloomed on the battle fields where they fell and on Poppy Day it blooms again over the patriotic hearts where they are re membered. "Wearing the poppy also gives the wearer a part in the vast work car' ried out by The American Legion and Auxiliary for the war's living victims; the disabled, their families and the families of the dead. Every penny contributed for a poppy goes to the support of this work, the bulk of the money being used here in Heppner in the welfare activities of local Legion post and auxiliary unit." Young lady wants work, exper ienced in housekeeping and cooking. Case rooms. Dorothy Michael. O Ten Years Ago (Gazette Times, May 1, 1928) Mr. and Mrs. Omar Rietman of lone are the proud parents of a IVz pound boy, born Monday. Umatilla county, with seven firsts. defeats Morrow county, two firsts, in inter-county forensic meet. High school wins Upper Colum bia baseball league pennant never losing a game. Players: Gerald Slo cum, Robert Turner, Henry Robert son, Howard Evans, Harold Gentry, Nolan Turner, Jim Monahan, Elmer Hake, Marvin Gammell, "Red" Bra- mer, Onez Parker. Passed in week: J. R. Bennett, Mrs, A. J. Warren, Mrs. Ista Bauern feind. Heppner defeats Umatilla, league leaders, 8-4, in Wheatland game Pitcher Drake clouts homer. . Arch Cox is in the city from Wood land, Cal., where he is engaged in production of fine sheep. C. A. (Daddy) Low of lone, who has been ill with rheumatism, is much improved and has even at tempted fishing in Willow creek. S. E. Notson waging active cam paign as write-in candidate for con gress. Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore, SHIP BY TRUCK The Dalles Freight Line, Inc. Daily Service Between PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER and Way Points Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickerman, Agent "PREVENT FOREST FIRES IT PAYS' Page Five HUMOR FROM THE HEHISCH "Isn't it strange: My best ideas come to me while I'm washing my hands." "Say, old man, why don't you take a bath?" "I was looking out of the window, and I atcually saw a house fly." "Indeed! I was under the impres sion that houses never did that; I thought only the chimney flue." A hillbilly, whose feet had been toughened by a lifetime of going barefoot, , was standing before his cabin fireplace when his wife re marked: "Better move your foot a mite. Paw, you're standin' on a live coal." "Which foot, Maw?" asked the woodsman nonchalantly. THE STAR Reporter FRIDAY-SATURDAY Matinee Saturday at 1 p. m. Under Suspicion The mystery that Liberty's readers found guess-proof, with Jack Holt - Katherine DeMille, plus Thrill of a Lifetime with Betty Grable - Leif Erik son Ben Blue, Eleanor Whitney, Johnny Downs, Larry Crabbe, Judy, Zeke and Anne Canova, Yacht Club Boys, Franklin Pangborn Specialty by Dorothy Lamour Crazier than Bedlam but more fun than a circus romping riot of laughs, songs and gap. Color Cartoon SUNDAY-MONDAY Matinees Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 p. m. Big Broadcast of 1938 with W. C. FIELDS Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Dorothy Lamour, Ben Blue, Bob Hope, Lynne Overman. Rufe Davis, Leif Erikson, Grace Bradley, Kirstcn Flagstad, Shcp Fields and Orchestra , A "Fields" Day for fun a whole ocean of stars and songs. Popcye Movietone News TUESDAY START CHEERING with Walter Connolly - Jimmie Durante Joan Perry, Hal Leroy, Raymond Walburn, Romo Vincent, Jimmy Wellington, Gertrude Ncisscn, Chas. Starrctt, Gene Morgan, Ernest Tru- ex, Professor Quizz, Three Stooges, Johnny Green and Orchestra, Louis Prima and Band. A rampage of musical gayety Color Cartoon WEDNESDAY One Day Only PAL NIGHT Paradise for Three with Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Mary Astor, Edna May Oliver, Florence Rice, Reginald Owen. Love on Ice! Laughs on Skis! They not only crossed the Alps, they double-crossed them! Cartoon News of the Day Next Week: Thursday-Friday, May 19-20, Double Bill. Saturday-Sunday-Monday, May 21- 22-23, SNOW WIHTE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. StarTheater HEPPNES, OBE.