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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Hstablished November 18. 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1912
Published every Thursday morning by
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and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second-class matter.
JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager
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Bob Meets Bob and
Old-Time Rivalry
.Takes Friendly Turn
It was a case of "when Bob
meets Bob," instead of "when
Greek meets Greek," when Bob
Thompson and Bob Murray, two
old-time friendly football rivals,
met in The Dalles last week end.
Bob Thompson of Heppner was
in The Dalles to attend the wheat
league meeting, and. he was sit
ting at one of the city's lunch
counters eating a late snack be
fore retiring when a gentleman
in a blue uniform, readily dis
c tinguishable as that of a city po
lice, came in the front door. Hepp
ner's Bob immediately started
heckling the officer, all in a
friendly vein, as the officer was
immediately recognized as Bob
Murray, maker of many famous
Dalles athletes as long-time high
school coach.
It so happened that Bob Thomp
son was back in his own bailiwick
at The Dalles. As a young man he
resided at Wasco, and at one time
was a stalwart on a famous early
day football team at Goldendale.
At the same time Bob Murray was
helping carry the ball for The
Dalles.
So it was, an old-time friendly
rivalry was renewed, with just a
little of the "Greek vs. Greek"
injected into the meeting of Bob
and Bob.
Future Farmers
To Fete Parents
Heppner chapter, Future Farmers
of America, has scheduled its an
nual parent and son banquet for
Saturday. At that time parents and
invited guests will be assembled to
get acquainted with and be a part of
the Future Farmers for the evening.
The banquet will be brought to
order in the high shool banquet hall
with the regular opening ceremon
ies of FFA meetings. This will be
followed by the address of welcome
by Omer McCaleb, chapter presi
dent High school home economics club
will serve the banquet and remarks
are expected from Mrs. Lucy E.
Rodgers, county school superinten
dent; A. H. Blankenship, superin
tendent; Spencer Crawford, mem
ber of school board; W. S. Bennett,
vocational agriculture instructor,
and officers of neighboring chapters
who have been invited. Two per
sons, as yet unnamed, will be pre
.aented with honorary membership
certificates to the organization.
HEARING SET
A hearing of the Public Utilities
Commisisoner of Oregon has been
set for Pendleton at 10 o'clock next
Tuesday morning before Marshall E.
Nauman, examiner, to receive tes
timony on the supplemental appli
cation of John W. Hiatt of this city,
holder of local and John Day stage
franchises. The lines, known as Gray
Rock Lines, seek to discontinue ser
vice between Heppner and Pendle
ton, and Fossil and Canyon City
during the period December first
to June first.
Have your name printed on your
Christmas Greeting Cards. See the
Gazette Times at once.
Heppner
Spirit of Wheat Leaguers
Big Organization Factor
The Eastern Oregon Wheat league
has just ended its annual confer
ence at The Dalles. Probably more
significant of the league's effect up
on the future well being of this sec
tion's wheat growing industry than
the resolutions adopted is the spirit
pervading the league's personnel.
In spite of the doleful note of no
immediate prospect for relief from
the world surplus situation that is
depressing the wheat price, league
members voted an increase in dues
upon themselves from $1 to $2 a year
to become effective at the beginning
of next year. Largely the same men
who have taken the lead in trying
to better the status of the eastern
Oregon wheatraiser since inception
of the league took this action. They
realized that finances have been in
adequate in the past to do as effect
ive work as the league has proved
itself capable of doing.
A case in point is dissemination of
full information about the league's
actions. Through its various com
mittees, the league analyzes all
phases of the section's wheat grow
ing business and evolves in its reso
lutions such measures as the bal
anced judgment of its members de
termines to be needed to bring about
a general betterment of conditions.
These resolutions, embodying as
they do a rather large volume, of
detail, cannot be disseminated with
out considerable expense. Still if
they are to have the greatest effect
they must be read and studied by
everyone interested in wheat grow
ing in this sction. The league funds
seemed insufficient to stand the cost
of publication of the proceedings in
full this year, and it was decided to
attempt to finance the publication
through solicitation of advertising.
This means that too few people
vitally interested in bettering wheat
growing conditions are standing the
burden of organization; that they do
not have the ready money them
selves to carry on the work, but are
willing to donate services to bring
about realization of a work they find
needful. It is but an indication of
how others who should be sharing
the burden could make the load
lighter for those carrying it, as well
as hasten the fruits of concerted
action, by lending financial, and also
moral, assistance.
While eastern Oregon is becoming
more fully awakened to effective
ness of efficient organization of its
growers, other sections are taking
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Gazette Times, Heppner,
notice. A group of Montana grow
ers have retained the services of
George N. Peck, retiring league
president, to assist with a similar
organization for that section. East
ern Washington growers also are
taking notice. Eventually, when
growers of all sections become thus
organized and work sympathetically
in the interests of all, wheatraising
will gain the status it deserves as
the fountain for the "staff of life."
The result of such organization
has already been felt deeply in de
termining the course of national leg
islation. As one well advised leaguer
said, "It is almost fantastic how the
1938 AAA program, of which the
league had no previous knowledge,
followed last year's league recom
mendations." How this may well be was at least
twice evidenced at the recent con
ference. Once when Harry Brown,
assistant secretary of agriculture,
sat on the front row and listened
with both ears to F. L. Ballard, vice
director of agricultural extension in
Oregon, summarize the reports of
county land use committees evolved
at last year's farm economic confer
ences held over the state. And a
second time as Rufus C. Holman, U.
S. senator-elect, dittoed Mr. Brown
when Arthur M. Geary, attorney
who has taken the lead in fighting
for lower transportation costs on
wheat, gave an earful of how con
gress is permitting various govern
mental boards and commissions to
forestall, bringing about justice to
growers' interests.
This direct contact with men in
high places, and driving home of
messages in so effective a manner,
cannot help but cause cognizance to
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be taken of growers' needs. It is
but another of the fruits of effective
organization as evidenced in the
league set-up
While a serious tempo beat through
conference sessions generally, it was
also highly encouraging to note that
members tempered all with a whole
some sense of humor. Wheatgrowers
are not accustomed to arising as
early now as when the industry was
in the pioneering stage, at least not
at this time of year. But they got a
big kick out of being roused from
their slumbers at an early hour Sat
urday morning by The Dalles Ger
man band (not a Nazi bund, we
hope), and from many other fea
tures of lighter vein. After all, a
sense of humor is a saving grace at
a time when the wheat price is be
low level of production costs.
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Thursday, December 8, 1938
Len Gilman Gets
High Grid Honors
Pacific University, Forest Grove.
Leonard Gilman added another hon
or to his growing list of grid laurels
when Willamette university chose
him as the left halfback on their
all-opponent team. A week ago Len
took every vote for the left half post
on the all-Northwest conference
team.
Gilman and George Racette, Bad
ger end, were the greatest passing
combination in the Northwest con
ference for many years. They click
ed out five touchdown passes in sev
en games besides paving the way to
several more. Racette nd Gilman
tied for scoring honors in the North
west conference.
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