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Volume 54, Number 12
Heppnere, Oregon, Thursday, June 2, 1938
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Lions Back Wheat
Marketing Move;
Warns of Plague
Peck Tells Plan to
Aid Wheatmen; Bu
bonic Work Told
Morrow county farmers, along
with other wheat farmers of the Pa
cific northwest, will receive an ad
ditional cash payment from the gov
ernment of 12 cents a bushel on con
tracted acres, if a move started by
Eastern Oregon Wheat league and
backed by farmers of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho reaches fruition.
In a resolution adopted at Walla
Walla last Friday by a tri-state
meeting of farmers representing 43,
000,000 bushels of wheat, it was pro
posed that such additional cash pay
ment be made to wheat fanners of
this region in exchange for a reduc
tion of a similar amount in the com
modity loan rate applicable to the
region.
In gaining endorsement of the
Heppner Lions club for the move,
George N. Peck, president of the E.
O. Wheat league, told the Lions
at their Monday noon luncheon that
such a concession to Pacific North'
west farmers si necessary to assist
in disposing of this section's always
large exportable surplus while at
the same time making it possible for
its wheat growers to stay in business.
With the local market price quot
ed at 56 cents a bushel and the pro
posed commodity loan at the exist
ing parity basis of wheat to be not
less than 60 cents a bushel it is plain
to be seen that this county's wheat
crop will not readily move, Peck
said.
By giving the farmer an additional
12-cent direct payment, however,
he would be assured protection of
the intended purpose of the farm act
a parity price for his wheat, while
by reducing the amount of the com
modity loan 12 cents, addition of
freight and warehouse charges would
still leave the value of the wheat
under the existing market price to
permit its free movement.
The 12-cent payment would be
made only to farmers cooperating
with the crop control program and
would be on the same basis as the
payment for diverting land from soil
depleting to soil conserving crops,
88 percent of the farmer's normal
average.
Communications were read from
Senators McNary and Pope indicat
ing that their cooperation would be
given in working for the appropria
tion necessary to put the plan into
effect.
Actually the plan is a trade sought
by Northwest farmers to assist them
in receiving a parity p'rice for their
wheat while at the same time pre
venting an accumulation from one
year's crop of wheat adding to the
surplus the ensuing year, to escape
the disastrous price result which
would naturally occur, Mr. Peck em
phasized. He cited that the Farm Act of
1938 permits the Secretary of Agri
culture to make commodity loans
of from 52 to 75 percent of the parity
price. As parity price on wheat is
now approximately $1.15 a bushel,
a 52 percent commodity loan would
mean a loan of 60 cents a bushel. To
get the wheat to terminal costs 12
cents a bushel, freight and warehouse
charges, making the value of the
wheat on the 60-cent loan basis, 72
cents. At the moment the Portland
Drice was 68 cents, hence little move
ment could be expected unless the
commodity loan rate is reduced, he
pointed out.
The farmers' resolution reads:
"Resolved, that we favor the princi
Dle of commodity loans on north
west wheat on such basis as will en
courage the marketward movement
of our wheat, such loans to be made
at the discretion of the secretary of
agriculture, and ,
"Be it further resolved, that we
lone Lodge Fetes
Heppner Visitors
Twenty-one Heppner Masons re
sponded to the invitation of lone
Masons to attend their annual straw
berry dinner last evening. Word of
the invitation went through the lo
cal membership like water through
a sieve as past gastronomic exper
iences at this event started an an
ticipatory flow from the salivary
glands. Frank Sloan, Stanfield, D. D.
G. M., a number of Arlington Ma
sons and lone Masons with families
swelled attendance to over the hun
dred mark. Reports indicate that the
event is more indelibly established
than ever as one of the spotlight so
cial events of the county's fraternal
calendar. Following the dinner,
members of the two lodges joined in
a regular lodge session.
Members of the local lodge at
tending included L. W. Briggs, W. O.
Dix, C. R. McAlister, J. J. Wight
man, R. C. Wightman, C. J. D. Bau-
man, Thos. J. Wells, James L. Leach,
LeGrand Guild, M. D. Rodman, Wm.
Harmon, W. W. Luckman, Vawter
Parker, J. O. Turner, E. R. Huston,
Earl W. Gordon, David Hynd, Earl
E. Gilliam, W. E. Pruyn, Harry
Tamblyn, Spencer Crawford.
Ten-Year Wheat
Average 2Vi Bushels
The average per acre production
of wheat in Morrow county for the
ten-year period, 1928-1937, is 12
bushels, according to adjusted fig
ures just released from the office of
N. C. Donaldson, administrator of
the farm adjustment program in
Oregon. Production by years is given
as follows:
1928, 17.5; 1929, 12.8; 1930, 16.4;
1931, 11.2; 1932, 16.2; 1933, 10.7; 1934,
7.6; 1935, 4.9; 1936, 10.7; 1937, 13.5.
I A. J. Chaffee to Run
For County Assessor
First development in the local po
litical situation since the recent pri
marv nominating election was the
announcement this week of A. J
Chaffee that he would be an inde
pendent candidate for county as
sessor at the November 8 general
election. Thos. J. Wells is the reg
ularly nominated candidate on both
republican and democratic ticKets,
Chaffee has been a county road
boss for many years.
VISITS FROM PENNSYLVANIA
Mrs. J. A. Troedson has had as
her guest this week Miss Esther
Woodcock of Guys Mills, Pa. Being
raised in the same community they
are old time friends, but have not
seen each other for over thirty years,
Miss Woodcock is a deaconess in the
Methodist church and has been in
that work for 23 years. Last October
she was called to Portland and has
been working there in the interest
of the Centenary Wilbur Methodist
church. She expects to make a visit
to her old home in Pennsylvania this
summer, but may return to Portland
for another year's work.
DOUBLE WEDDING TODAY
O. T. Fergsuon and Lee Slocum of
this city are taking sisters as brides
today at a dpuble wedding ceremony
at The Dalles. Mr. Slocum is mar
rying Mrs. Ida Harlow and Mr. Fer
guson, Mrs. Elva Roberts. The ladies
formerly resided at Monument.
INJURED BOY GETS AID
Gerald Buell who injured a hand
by a glass cut at Irrigon this week
received assistance from the crippled
children's fund of the Social Secur
ity administration in receiving treat
ment at The Dalles.
J. Logie Richardson made a busi
ness trip to Seattle the first of the
week and returning Tuesday by way
of Cle Elum, he called on Dr. J. H,
McCrady there. Dr. McCrady, local
dentist for several years, was re
cently forced to close an office just
opened by him at Eugene because
of ill effects still being suffered as
the result of injuries sustained in an
automobile accident several months
ago.
Locals Drop Bucks
With Errorless Play;
Echo Takes Lead
Squaw Creek Drops
Out; Pendleton at
lone Next Sunday
League Standings
Won Lost Pet.
Echo 4 1 .800
Heppner 4 2 .667
Pendleton .... 4 2 .667
Indians 2 2 .500
lone 1 5 .167
Last Sunday's Results
Pendleton 5 at Heppner 6, lone 6
at Echo 7.
Next Sunday's Games
Heppner at Mission, Pendleton at
lone.
Echo's defeat of lone in Sunday's
round of the Blue Mountain league
play put them out in the lead, while
Heppner s upsetting Pendleton put
these two teams into a second place
tie just one game behind Echo.
Squaw Creek CCC's have dropped
out of the league and their game
scheduled with Mission Indians was
not played.
Next Sunday Heppner journeys
to Mission to play the Indians while
Pendleton plays at lone. Echo will
be quiet for the day because of the
CCC's dropping out.
Rod Thomson's five-hit chucking,
backed by errorless play of his team
mates resulted in Heppner s unset
ting the league-leading Pendleton
Bucks, 6-5, on the local ball lot Sun
day afternoon.
It was a sad beginning for the lo
cals as Pendleton scored four times
in the first inning on a walk and
four hits, two of them two-base
blows by Cook and D. Heathman
But only once after that did more
than three batsmen face Thomson in
anv inning. Cook walked in the
sixth, took second on a pasesd ball
and scored on a single by D. Heath
man. Thomson struck out 11 bats
men and threw out five more at first
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McNeill's Gang (No
Not Convicts) in Lead
Team Standings
Won Lost Pet.
McNeill 5 1 .833
Kleinfeldt .... 3 3 .500
FFA-CCC 3 3 .500
Richardson .... 1 4 .200
Remaining Games
June 3, McNeill-Richardson
June 3, McNeill-Richardson (post
poned game)
McNeill's gang (not to be con
fused with those forced inhabitants
of Uncle Sam's prison island, but
the local kitty ball team of the same
name) now definitely at the top of
the heap, seems at this point as
sured of winning the series. How
ever, they have to beat the Rich
ardson gang at least once in the two
remaining games, one a postponed
contest, if they keep out of a three-
way tie with Kleinfeldt and CCC.
Under the system of play Rich
ardson's gang may spring a surprise,
and, as the cellar aggregation, bring
the leaders off their perch. This sys
tem is the playing of such players
as show up whether they are signed
with a certain aggregation or not
This may be a hint for the pick of
the Kleinfeldt and CCC players to
drop around and give the Richard
son tomcats a hand.
Anyway, it has been a lot of fun
say participants, and no matter who
wins everyone will feel good about
it for there are few players who
have not played with most every
aggregation at different times.
In the two games this week, Mc
Neill won over Kleinfeldt, 6-5, Fri
day evening, and the CCC lads
dropped Kleinfeldt, 9-8, last eve
ning. The one point margins of wins
are truly indicative of the hotness
of the contests.
Lee Sprihkel, Mr. and
Mrs. Blahm Injured
Lee Sprinkel, local barber, re
ceived lacerations on the head re
quiring eight stitches to close; his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Adam Blahm,
was severely bruised, and his father-in-law,
Mr. Blahm, received three
broken ribs when the Blahm car in
which they were riding went into
the ditch on Skinner creek Sunday
afternoon. All three were knocked
unconscious for a time and the car
was a total wreck.
Coming down from the Blahm
place the car struck a rock on the
narrow grade causing it to hurtle
into the canyon below. Mrs. Blahm
first recovered and returned to the
ranch from where she phoned the
Ralph Thompson ranch at the mouth
of the creek for assistance, and they
were brought to town immediately
for attention of a nhvsician. All are
reported to be making good progress
toward recovery.
Oliver J. Cox Passes
After Long Illness
Oliver J. Cox, 79, for many years
a farmer on Rhea creek and for the
last several years a resident of Lex
ington, died at Pendleton yesterday
following a prolonged illness, ac
cording to word received just before
press time. He was a native of Mis
souri, born October 30, 1858.
Funeral arrangements are being
delayed pending word from members
of the family located at distant
points. Phelps Funeral home is in
charge of arrangements.
lone and Echo to
Cross Bats on Fourth
lone launched plans for a Fourth
of July celebration this week by
slating a baseball game with the
Echo team which beat them by one
point last Sunday.
Manager Fred Hoskins announced
that he would enlist some of the
outstanding ball talent from over the
county to make the celebration
game plenty tough for the invaders.
Rodeo Dates, Aug.
26-27-28, for Sure
In making reference to the coming
Rodeo last week, this paper inad
vertantly gave the dates a feek ear
lier than those set.
The dates are very definitely set
August 26-27-28, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, and no mistake.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Miss Dora Bailey, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. N. D. Bailey of this city.
and who served as secretary of the
city superintendent of schools last
year, will become the bride of Jack
Parsons, recently affiliated with the
county agent's office, at ceremonies
to be performed Sunday at the Lu
cas Place, according to announce
ment. The license was issued at the
clerk's office Tuesday.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
A meeting of the Morrow County
Republican club has been called by
Frank C. Alfred, president, for 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon, June 11.
All republicans of the county who
are interested in the success of the
party ticket in November are urged
to attend. The meeting is for the
specific purpose of completing the
club organization in the various dis
tricts of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ridings were
expected to arrive yesterday from
New York for a visit at the home of
Mrs. Ridings' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Clark. They spent the school
year in the eastern metropolis where
they held teaching positions.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wright and
Mrs. Lutie Young, former Heppner
residents now residing in the San
Francisco bay region, are expected
to arrive Sunday as guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee.
Joe Snyder was called to Seaside
this week by the illness of his sis
ter, Mrs. Bessie Leutweiler.
16 4-H Clubbers
Leave for Summer
School Next Monday
Many Earn Scholar
ships; Eight Girls,
Eight Boys Going
Sixteen Morrow county 4-H club
workers, eight boys and eight girls,
will board the summer school spec
ial train bound for Corvallis Mon
day morning. Boardman and Irrigon
contingents will get aboard at Board
man and those from other points in
the county will make connections
at Heppner Junction.
Most of the 16 will attend on schol
arships earned in active club work
the last year in recognition of meri
torious achievement. Seven of the
scholarships are sponsored by Mor
row county. Morrow County Wool
growers auxiliary is donor of two,
one an unused scholarship held over
from the previous year. Willows and
Lexington granges each are giving
one, Heppner branch First National
Bank of Portland one, and Heppner
lodge of Elks one. The latter was
voted at the last lodge meeting. ,
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school
superintendent and county leader
for the girls, and Joseph Belanger,
county agent and boys' leader, an
nounce those attending as follows:
On scholarships: Dick Edmond-
son, Eugene Majeske, Irvin Rauch,
Lexington; Marion Krebs, Cecil;
Alex Thompson, Claudine Drake,
Margaret Tamblyn, Heppner; Pat O'
Brien, Cecelia Healy, Betty Finch,
Pine City; Joy Markham, Marjorie
Williams, Lucille Jones, Irrigon;
Eleanore Skoubo, Boardman.
utners: uuy Moore and Kaipn
Neill, Pine City.
May Rainfall Short;
Hope Held for June
Rainfall of only .28 inch was re
ported at Heppner for May by L. L.
Gilliam, government weather ob
server, one of the shortest months
since May last year.
While May was short on moisture
and farmers are praying for rain,
Mr. Gilliam is hopeful that June may
respond as it did last year with more
than three inches.
SHEEP TO MONTANA
The second train load of J. G.
Barratt and Krebs brothers sheep
were loaded out of yards at Heppner
and Cecil, yesterday destined for
summer range in the Browning,
Mont., district. The first train load
was taken there last week with spec
ial running orders on both Union
Pacific and Northern Pacific rail
roads taking them through in just
thirty hours. Both Mr. Barratt and
Mr. Krebs accompanied the ship
ment, Mr. Barratt returning home
Sunday and Mr. Krebs on Monday.
Mr. Krebs was in the city Tuesday
from Cecil while making arrange
ments for the second shipment. Ex
cellent range conditions prevail in
the Browning district, the men re
ported, with effects of the recent
snow storm gone except for the add
ed moisture.
PARTY SLATED
The Episcopal auxiliary will have
their annual birthday party at the
home of Mrs. Fred Lucas on Thurs
day, June 9, at 1:45 o'clock. Mem
bers are asked to bring as many pen
nies as they are years old. Mrs. Lu
cas, Mrs. W. O. Dix and Mrs. L. E.
Bisbee will be hostesses for dessert
bridge. Members and friends are in
vited. HEALTH CLINICS SOON
Health clinics for infants and pre
school children will be scheduled
soon, announces Miss Althea Stone
man, county health nurse. She said
the recent prevalence of scarlet fe
ver, because of which the clinics
were postponed, appears to be subsiding.
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