OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC AUDITOR I L'v PORT LA ;0. OR F. . Volume 54, Number 35 Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 10, 1938 Subscription $2.00 a Year HEPPNER CHAMPIONS PLAY HERMISTON TOMORROW I Mllll III I 'I I Illlll IIIWMI llliilir I" I Photoengraving Courtesy East Oregonian from picture by Miss Rose Lcibbrand. These Heppner football champions of their division of the Upper Columbia Athletic association play their last game of the season tomorrow when they meet Hermiston, at that place, in the annual Armistice Day clash. Their one defeat of the season by Arlington was retaliated in the game here two weeks ago, making a season's record of defeating every team they have met Other teams to bow to them are Fossil, Condon, Joseph and Touchet, Wash. In the picture from left to right are: Front row Lee Pettyjohn, Howard Patton, John Crawford, Milton Morgan, Harold Armstrong; second row Bob Applegate, Clifford Fay, Arthur McAtee, Douglas Drake, Arthur Vance, Emery Coxen, Dean Gilman, Rich ard Hayes, Jack Merrill; third row Roy Pettyjohn, Kemp Dick, Harry Tamblyn, Joe Aiken, Don Bennett, Bill Barratt, Harry O'Donncll, Dicto Bogoger, Guy Moore, Donald Frederickson, Coach Robert A. Knox. Team captain, Emery Coxen. ' Joseph Belanger Goes to Moro as Cooperative Agent Work-With Wind Erosion Here Brings Advancement Rapid progress in development of erosion control in Morrow county in the last three years has not only re sulted in almost complete elimina tion of such dust storms as made life unbearable for a time, but also in the advancement of Joseph Bel anger, county agent, whose work with erosion control has been out standing. Mr. Belanger will leave the local county agent's office November 15, and on December first will be lo cated at Moro as cooperative re search agent with the Soil Conserva tion service and Bureau of Plant In dustry to assist the special erosion control work in a larger way. An nouncement of his appointment was made public this week. While his appointment will cause changing the family residence to Moro where he will have laboratory facilities in conjunction with the Eastern Oregon Experiment station, Mr. Belanger will be a frequent vis itor here. His field of work will be in Wasco, Gilliam, Sherman, Morrow and Umatilla counties. The position which Mr. Belanger accepts is the second of the kind in the United States. The only other such position now existing is held by Hugh McKay who is stationed in Idaho. - In his annual report for the year, just finished by Mr. Belanger, it is shown that more than 100,000 acres, or about 60 per cent of the cultivated land of the county, is now worked by the trashy summerfallow meth od, whereas this method was intro duced into the county only three years ago to assist in combatting wind erosion. Effectiveness of the trashy 'fallow is indicated further in the report by the fact that only a few instances worthy of note were found this year where damage from wind erosion was present. The problem now existing is not whether trashy smmerfallow should Continued on Page Eight Bleokman for Mayor; Present Dads Win George Bleakman was elected mayor, and Councilmen Bennett, Ferguson and Mahoney, Recorder Huston and Treasurer Dix were re turned to their positions as a result of balloting in Tuesday's city elec tion. Candidates left at the post were J. O. Turner for mayor, and John Anglin and Alex Green for council men. The vote: N. S. Hep. Hep Bleakman 156 90 Turner : 140 82 Anglin 154 69 Bennett 211 122 Ferguson 189 116 Green 163 74 Mahoney 160 118 Huston 139 120 Dix 140 110 Total 246 222 223 333 305 237 278 259 250 County Totals on Uncontested Offices The total county vote on uncon tested offices is given herewith as the result by precincts was not in cluded in the abstract of vote in an other column, given only on con tested positions: County commissioner, George Peck 1268. County Treasurer, Leon W. Briggs 1330. County surveyor, Harry Tamblyn 1132. Supreme court justice, Bailey 1105. Supreme court justice, Lusk 1045. Circuit judge, Sweek, 1388. BRING IN BALLOTS Those delivering election returns from the various outlying precincts to the clerk's office yesterday in cluded Charles Bartholomew, Pine City; J. A. Troedson,' Cecil; Leona Instone, Lena; F. H. Frederickson, Irrigon; Algott Lundell, Gooseberry; Neal Knighten, Hardman; Mrs. So phia Barlow, Boardman; Charlie Conner, lone; Lawrence Palmer, Lexington; C. Melville, Alpine; Wal ter Becket, Eightmile. J. P.'S, CONSTABLES NAMED Justices of the peace and consta bles named in the county at Tues day's election were: Heppner, J. O. Hager, J. P., Homer Hayes, consta ble; Lexington, S. Wright, J. P.; lone, E. J. Keller, J. P., P. J. Linn, con stable; Irrigon, W. C. Isom, J. P., R. V. Jones, constable; Boardman, A. B. Chaffee, J. P. Elk Hunters Should Have Heavy Clothing, Expect Much Walking Max Schulz, Roderick French. and Lawrence Wehmeyer. returned to town last evening from an un successful elk hunt, on which Schulz reports tramping all the way from Dry Swail-to Potamus wells one day on the track of a bull elk which eluded him and caused him to stay the night in the camp of another hunting party. ' The boys report that many cars were in difficulty, one which they saw being in the ditch with out immediate sign of extrication. From their experience the boys advise those going out after elk to be sure to have chains for cars, plenty of warm clothing, and to expect lots of walking. Elk and deer are both headed toward the breaks of the John Day, they said. They ran across two slain elk. One on Wet Swail which Henry Happold and Tom Clark were helping to get out, and another that was killed by a young chap on the way in to join his father. They figured he just happened to be in the right spot at the right time. W. F. Palmateer Dies At Morgan Home William F. Palmateer, 80, pioneer farmer of the Morgan distrct and father of A. F. and Wid Palmateer of that place, and Mrs. Minnie Ely of lone, died at the home near Mor gan this morning. Funeral services have been set from the Christian church at lone at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, with interment to follow at Esta- cada. Phelps Funeral home is charge of arrangements. in LEAVE FOR CONCLAVE Judge Bert Johnson, J. G. Barratt, George Peck, Henry Baker, O. W. Cutsforth, Oscar Peterson and Joe Belanger, county agent, were among Morrow county men expecting to go to Hood River yesterday for the state convention of Oregon Farm Bureau federation. The convention sessions were .slated for today, to morrow and Saturday at Columbia Gorge hotel, and President O'Neal of the national federation was set as the headline speaker. State Game Head Comes for Elk Hunt; Addresses Lions Open Elk Season in County, Open Doe Season Explained Frank Wire, chairman of Oregon State Game commission, arrived in Heppner Monday morning and that afternoon accompanied Logie Rich ardson, president Morrow County Hunters and Anglers club, and Frank Alfred, district attorney, out to Tup- per ranger station where they ex pected to make headquarters for an elk hunt. Speaking before the Lions that noon, Mr. Wire explained why the elk season had been opened in Mor row county for the first time this year, and also why an open season on doe had been allowed in the Murderers creek reserve. It was not so much the fact that elk were becoming extra numerous in Morrow county that the season was opened here, but because if the elk are allowed to congregate in any district for very long the herd sizes become so large as to be a problem to property holders. By opening the season, the larger herds are broken up and the animals scattered in smaller bunches, making them less of a nuisance, the game commission head explained. As for the doe open season, it is a known fact that the deer population cannot increase beyond the' carrying capacity of the winter range. The Murderers creek reserve is a winter feeding ground where the feed sup ply is being taxed by the tremendous number of deer that trek there from a hundred-mile radius, he said. Feed there is taxed to an extent that the state is faced with the probability of a heavy winter kill of the animals if the numbers are not reduced. The only way to prevent this is to let hunters take a doe in preference to a buck. Open season for doe in this district will be from November 20 to December 10. By opening the sea son at the time sheduled, which is the time that the deer ordinarily go onto the reserve, it is expected they will be held back off the reserve for Continued on Page Eight Sprague, Holman Win in Oregon as GOP Stages Rally Pierce, Ellis, Putnam and Snel I Victors; Wells Large Favorite Charles A. Sprague was leading Henry Hess by 53,000 votes for gov ernor, and Rufus C. Holman was leading Willis Mahoney for U. S. senator by 35,000 votes in latest re turns from Tuesday's "off-year" general election which saw. a tre mendous swing over the nation to the GOP banner. Both Sprague and Holman have been conceded election by their opponents. In the lone Morrow county race for county assessor, Thomas J. Wells defeated his independent opponent, A. J. Chaffee 1247 to 240. The results in Morrow ouunty generally closely followed state returns with Sprague and Holman heavy favorites and oth er republicans getting the call with the single exception of Walter M. Pierce, congressman, who led U. S. Balentine by the vote of 1035 to 434. Tabulated returns by precincts in Morrow county will be found in an other column. Rex Ellis was re turned to the state senate from the 19th district, defeating Wilford Sir- rine, democrat. Earl Snell polled the heaviest lead of any opposed candidate for' ' office, being ahead of Emily Edson by 205,000 votes to retain the sec retary of state post. Rex Putnam, democrat, was leading Charles A. Rice by 35,000 for superintendent of public instruction. C. H. Gram for labor commission er was heading his opponent, Clar ence Hyde, handily, 28,000, and the reelection of Henry J. Bean as su preme court justice was indicated by a 7,000 lead over Howard K. Zimmerman. Election of Angell and Mott as representatives from the first con gressional district means the gain ing of two seats in the national congress .for Oregon republicans Angell defeated incumbent Nan Wood Honeyman, democrat, and Holman will succeed Senator Re ami es, Martin appointed democrat, though in the interim between now and convening of the next congress, Alex G. Barry, successful repub lican candidate over Milton A. Mil ler, will hold the office. Measures that met approval of voters over the state were "Twenty-. day veto," "Marriage examination," "Slot machine seizure," "Games of chance ban," "Townsend conven tion," "Anti-picketing bill" and "Anti-pollution bill." Defeated measures were "Bank liability repeal," "Legislators pay increase," "Retirement pension tax," "Liquor law revision" and "Licens ed lotteries." Report from over the nation shows that republicans have gained 11 gubernatorial positions, 70 seats in the house of representatives and at least eight seats in the national senate. Democrats made gains in but two states, Maryland and Cal ifornia. The "$30-every-Thursday" mea sure in California was defeated. In New York, Governor Lehman nar rowly defeated fire-eating District Attorney Dewey, Senator Tydings, Maryland; Smith, South Carolina, and George of Georgia, whom Pres ident Roosevelt attempted to purge in the primaries, were returned to help balance the scales against top heavy New Dealism. ' Defeat of Senator McGill, co author of the farm bill, in Kansas and unseating of the LaFollettes in Wisconsin were other evidences of the rousing republican victory over the nation which observers point to as a tendency toward a change in national administration policy with the coming 1940 presidential election.