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Si a ON HISTORICAL SOCIETY P V B L I C AVD1TOR1 'J '.' p a r T 1 - - . c National Grange Gives Incentive for Pomona Reports School Discussion, New County 'Agent Feature Program By Mary Lundell Morrow County Pomona grange met on Saturday, January 7, at Irri gon, with Irrigon grange as hosts and Pomona Master Minnie Mc Farland presiding. During the morn ing grange reports, reports of of' ficers and committees and other business was disposed of. Following the noon recess, Vida Heliker, Pomona lecturer, present ed an excellent program to a large and interested audience, as follows: Music, group number, Irrigon band; music (band), German selec tions, quintet; talk, Umatilla Assist ant County Agent Pierson; 4-H Club poultry demonstration, Grace and Frank Bensel; vocal solo, "Cathedral in the Pines," Francis Skoubo; talk with slides, Mr. Pierson; stunt songs, led by Chas. Wicklander; paper written by Sen. Holman, read by Clara Kincaid; skit, "And the Villain Still Pursued Her," Irrigon grange; discussion of new school law by Messrs. Jones, Irrigon, Kincaid, lone, Corwin, Boardman; talk, "Public Power," Mrs. McFarland. Outstanding features were the Ir rigon band and the 4-H club demon stration. The young folks who gave the demonstration are state cham pions in their department. Interest was manifest in the talks given by the assistant county agent of our sister county, and particu larly were we happy to greet our own county agent, Mr. Conrad, and hear his talk during the lecture hour. Entertainment features included the skit, stunt songs and the reading by Sheriff Bauman. Of much interest to all were the impressions of the national grange by those attending the meeting in Portland in November. Henry Smouse voiced the opinion of all when he said that he found the na tional master, Lewis J. Taber, to be outstanding as a speaker and leader. Granges in Morrow county and Oregon could well profit by adopt ing for their own suggestions of fered by various national leaders bringing out members by fine sur prise features on the programs, by the right kind of publicity and plen ty -of it; by featuring something sound and worth while in the edu cational line, civic, legislative, etc. All were impressed with the gran deur, the beauty, the dignity and the significance of the degrees as presented to the several thousand candidates and members in Port land. New officers elected to fill va cancies in Pomona to complete the year are Wm. Kik, gate keeper; Mrs. Frank Saling, Ceres; Orin Wright as the 3-year member on executive committee. Other members are J. O. Kincaid and 0. L. Lundell. Mary Lundell was appointed to take care of the publicity. The committee on power districts appointed last year includes Burton Peck, O. L. Lundell and O. E. Wright, and will serve for 1939. A resolution of interest to Mor row county as well as Umatilla asked for a $3,000 appropriation to support the Umatilla experiment station at Hermiston. One resolution suggesting repeal of the Oregon law and substituting the "PUD" of Washington state, and a third resolution pertaining to the present situation existing between KOY, Phoenix, Ariz., and Oregon's KOAC, are pending. Also the Pet tingill bill was again brought to our attention. The degree of Pomona exempli fied by the Pomona officers was en hanced by the beautiful animated pictures impersonated by grange ladies. Heppner, P. P. fir L. Lineman Receives Bad Burns While transferring a 2300-volt wire from an old pole to a new one in lone Saturday afternoon, Elmer Hamrick, Pacific Power & Light company lineman, apparently slipped onto the wire. Ray P. Kinne, mana ger of the local office, who was as sisting with the transfer, was on the ground and heard the arc roar and looked up to see Hamrick un conscious against one of the wires and flames shooting out from under his arms. By using the hand line attached to Hamrick's belt, Mr. Kinne was able to pull the injured man away from the wires and back into his safety belt -while he called for help. There was no one within hearing distance so he was forced to run to the Swanson grocery store. Fred Crawford of Pendleton and Mr. Duf fy of Pasco, with several lone res idents, returned with Kinne who went up the pole and with the aid of a heavy rope lowered Hamrick to the ground. By this time he had re gained consciousness, but was in great pain. He was rushed to the Heppner hospital. Hamrick is suffering from a se vere burn under his right arm, a lesser one under his left arm and his arm is blistered in places. The middle of his left hand is burned to the bone and the four fingers are in serious condition. He alsois suf fering from shock. It is feared am putation of two fingers will be nec essary. Hamrick was taken to The Dalles Monday afternoon where he is re ceiving treatment for his injuries. Latest reports were to the effect that he was recovering nicely from the shock. Daniel H. Hanshew Passes at Hillsboro JJaniel it. Jtianshew, tor many years a resident of Morrow county, was laid to rest at Hillsboro last Thursday following funeral rites at that place. Mr. Hanshew died the Tuesday previous. He succumbed suddenly to heart failure without previous warning. A native of Virginia, Mr. Hanshew came to Morrow county as a young man and worked for a time on va rious farms. Later he purchased a farm of his own in Blackhorse where he farmed for many years. He add ed the John Edwards place in Sand Hollow. In 1929 he moved with Mrs. Hanshew to Hillsboro where the family home had since been made. The Sand Hollow farm has been rented since 1929 by Ray Drake. Mrs. Hanshew survives her husband. Wool Auxiliary Has Annual Election Following luncheon at the Lucas Place Friday afternoon, Morrow County Wool Growers auxiliary held annual election of officers. Mrs. Harold Cohn was reelected presi dent; Mrs. Frank E. Parker, vice president; Mrs. C. W. McNamer, secretary; Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, treasurer, and Josephine Mahoney, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Cohn thanked the members for their help and cooperation during the past year and urged attendance at the state convention held in Pendleton this week. Reports of committees were re ceived, and plans for participation of the local unit in the state con? vention were described A white elephant party followed the busi ness meeting. NEW COUNTY AGENT HERE Clifford Conrad, new county ag ent, arrived in the city Saturday, and with Mrs. Conrad and baby daughter has taken up residence in the Johnson house on Court street across from the courthouse. C. W. Smith, assistant state county agent leader, was in the city Saturday to assist Mr. Conrad in taking over his duties here. Mr. Conrad comes from Medford where he was county 4-H club leader before accepting the po7 sition here. Oregon, Thursday, January First Lady Heads Mobilization by Air Next Wednesday County Sets Celebra tion of President's . Natal Day, Jan. 30 Next Wednesday, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will hold an important meeting at the White House in Washington. Present will be heads of the women's council for a "mobiliza tion by air" of all women workers over the country in the Fight Infan tile Paralysis campaign, the major event of which, will be the celebra tion in honor of President Roose velt's birthday on January 30. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, chairman of the local celebration, announces that women workers in the county will be asked to listen in on the radio program, slated for 4:30 p. m., E. S. T. All local committee members will be notified of appointments within the next few days. The celebration locally will again be featured by the annual ball at the Elks hall the evening of Monday, January 30, says Dr. McMurdo, and opportunity will be given everyone in the county to contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. The nation-wide war against in fantile paralysis was declared last year by President Roosevelt when he urged the creation of the new National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis on September 23, 1937. The campaign to fight infantile paraly sis was launched by Basil O'Connor, president of the national foundation, on June 21, 1938, when he received the president's birthday gift from the nation. This year energies will be bent to effect a permanent nation-wide organization. As soon after the first of the year as possible every county will be organized into a national foundation chapter To promote local chapter work, fifty per cent of all receipts, after expenses of local campaigns are de ducted, will be placed in trust for use of the local chapter when organ ized. The remaining fifty per cent will be turned over to the national foundation. In announcing plans for this year's celebration in Morrow county, Dr. McMurdo commends the fine show ing made last year when more than $800 was raised, and anticipates a fine general response again this year. Person Who Picked Up $100 Sought; Reward Offered R. D. Allstott, Jr., is looking for someone to whom to make a nice present. The someone is the person who picked up a hundred dollars, all in twenty dollar bills, which he lost when in town last week end. Mr. Allstott had just cashed an allotment check at the Ijank, and had gone directly to the court house where he discovered the money was missing. He believes he must have dropped it some where between the bank and the courthouse. Naturally, he feels like giving a handsome reward to the person who picked up the money. He is advertising the fact in this issue. No trace of the money had been found when Mr. Allstott was in town this morning. SMALLPOX REPORTED William Lueddke from the Oscar Lundell place on lower Willow creek was pronounced a victim of smallpox upon examination at a lo cal physician's office yesterday. SOCIAL EVENING SET Six o'clock pot-luck supper fol lowed by pinochle will feature so cial evening at Rhea creek grange hall tomorrow (Friday) evening. 12, 1939 Health Conference Set for January 16 The Morrow County Health as sociation will sponsor a child health conference to be held Tuesday, Jan. 16, from 9:30 to 12 a. m. in the basement of the Christian church, announces Miss Althea Stoneman, county health nurse. This confer ence will ,be for Heppner and viin ity. Children from babies to school age will be examined. As there seem to be some cases of whooping cough, please do not bring a child with a cold or cough. Immunization to whooping 'cough will be offered at that time and may be had at the physician's office now. The serum to prevent having whooping cough or to make the cough less severe can be taken at any time, and is rec ommended, as the exposure to the light cases now prevalent is so gen eral that quarantine will be of lit tle value. All children coughing should be kept away from other children, and not be allowed to at tend any public meeting or picture show. In this way the small children can be better protected. Mothers bring a blanket or robe to wrap the child in when undressed. The ladies of the American Legion auxiliary are assisting in the con ference as part of their community health work for the year. PWA Work Progresses At Lexington The WPA project for improve ment of the Lexington water system is now in operation, work having begun December 30 with Engineer B. M. Little present, and the mayor, T. L. Barnett, Arnold Sprauer, re corder, and councilmen. A. A. Durand & Son, contractors of Walla Walla, were awarded the bid for drilling the well and are now busy drilling on the site select ed by Engineer R. L. Stockman. Jacobsen-Jensen company, Port land, were awarded the general contract for construction of water works. Amount of the contract to Durand is $2,540.90, and to Jacob. sen-Jensen, $18,660.50. Weather conditions are ideal for this work and it comes at a time in which many are idle and need employment. Chas. B. Cox Renamed Postmaster; Clerk Set Reappointment of Chas. B. Cox as postmaster for another four-year term was made from Washington this week, following recommenda tion by Congressman Walter M. Pierce. Mr. Cox has completed his first four years in the local office and saw it raised to second class last July first. Walter "Swede" Carlson, who has been in the infirmary service at the local CCC camp, has been named as assistant clerk to succeed Marcell Jones as a result of the civil service examination recently conducted. Carlson was selected from among 13 applicants who took the examina tion. He came to the local CCC camp from Massachusetts. Gooseberry Reports 11.85 Inches Rainfall Moisture preipitation at Goose berry for 1938 is reported at 11.85 inches by V. L. Carlson, government observer, who was in the city yes terday. Precipitation for the last quarter. September 1 to December 31. to talled 2.65 inches. This is about half the amount received for the cor responding period in 1937, when 5.38 inches was recorded, Mr. Carlson said. Mrs. Henry Aiken was taken to Portland the end of the week by her husband and mother-in-law, Mrs. Lillie Aiken, and on Monday under went a major operation. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Nolan at the Corda Saling home in this city Sunday, an 814-pound son. Subscription $2.00 a Year Wool Growers View New Year With Optimism at Meet Officers Reelected at Pendleton; Mrs. Cohn Given Post Optimism toward the new year in the wool industry was reflected from the annual conventions of Or egon Wool Growers and auxiliary which completed sessions at Pen dleton Tuesday. Wool growers re elected Leo Hahn of Antelope, pres ident; Robert Weir, Lakeview, vice president, and Walter Holt, Pen dleton, secretary. The auxiliary held no election, but the executive committee named Mrs. H. A. Cohn of this city as sec retary to succeed Mrs. E. L. Morton, resigned. Sessions of the auxiliary conven tion were marked by the most in tense interest and largest attend ance in history, said Mrs. R. I. Thompson, state president, on return to her home here yesterday. Highest praise was accorded the host city for the fine program of entertain ment and the excellent facilities provided for all purposes. Sessions were held in the new Vert Memor ial building, one of the finest build ings of its kind in the state. L. R. Edminster, assistant U. S. secretary of state, brought first-hand information on recent reciprocal trade agreements to inform growers of the national tariff policy as it affects their industry. Mr. Edmin steis address was a major spot of interest on the program and did not placate all grower animosity tow ard tho present federal tariff policy as indicated by R. C. Rich, Burley, Idaho, National Wool Growers as sociation president, who said that continued effort would be expended to have all reciprocal trade treaties ratified by congress. Rich said pros pects were brighter for the industry the coming year. Ralph I. Thompson of this city headed the resolutions committee whose findings endorsed by the con vention asked: Opposition to "further inclusion of taxable lands in game refuges, and recommendation that sound practices of grazing and game man agement be employed on game ref uges; and, further that livestock or ganizations be used in formulating program of management wherever possible and practical." Further op position to practice of taking large blocks of land from tax rolls for establishment of game refuges. That former statute providing million dollar appropriation for pre datory animal and rodent control be reinvoked. That WPA predatory animal con trol be retained. That the legislature appropriate $30,000 annually for predatory ani mal ocntrol work. That "friendly cooperation" be' fostered between stockmen and sportsmen. That a committee of three be named to investigate failure to cut wild hay in Malheur county, result ing in large fire hazard and des truction of game bird life in that area. That railroads be commended for improving livestock shipping facil ities and service but that freight rates on wool from Pacific North west to Boston have not been re duced in proportion to those exist ing from Pacific Southwest to Bos ton. That the government wool loan policy be continued, but that the minimum loan basis should be in creased to at least 20 cents a pound, scoured basis. That congress investigate trade practices in lamb markets in view of general complaint of unfair deal ing. That endorsement be given the bill now before congress to enforce Continued on Page Eight