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Volume 54, Number 45
Howard Lane, Long
Lexington Merchant,
Yields to Illness
Funeral Rites for
Life-Long Resident
Draw Large Tribute
Howard Lane, 52, native of Mor
row county and a leading merchant
at Lexington for the last 34 years,
died at Portland last Sunday fol
lowing a prolonged illness. A large
concourse of friends and relatives
paid tribute to his memory at fu
neral services held from the Elks
hall here Tuesday afternoon with
Heppner lodge No. 358, of which he
had long been a member, officiat
ing. The floral tribute was profuse.
Interment was in Lexington I. O. O.
F. cemetery.
Reuben Howard Lane was born at
Heppner, June 9, 1886, and his en
tire life was spent in this county,
the life-long home being at Lexing
ton where he was schooled and
reared to manhood. As a young man
he was numbered among the coun
ty's leading athletes, being noted for
his running and football playing as
well as his horsemanship. He was
an expert rider and horse trainer,
which ability caused him to be
chosen as one of the judges of the
Heppner Rodeo for several years.
In 1903, Mr. Lane entered the
mercantile and pastime business at
Lexington with which he had since
been connected. He also engaged in
the trucking business since 1921, and
for ten years was cattle buyer for a
Portland commission house.
Mr., Lane married Eva Fuller, Oct.
2, 1905, in Morrow county, and to
this union was born Vivian Fay
Lane, who with the mother is de
ceased. On October 18, 1908, he mar
ried Mary Evelyn Fuqua who, with
three children, survive. The chil
dren are William Vester and Ken
neth Dale Lane of Lexington, and
Erma Jane (Johnston) of Portland.
Also surviving are three half broth
ers, Ralph and Ray Phillips of Lex
ington, and Clay Phillips of Kinzua.
Mr. Lane was prominently identi
fied with the civic and social life of
Lexington throughout his business
career. He served continuously as
councilman for 14 years up to the
time of the last election, and held
membership with the Lexington I.
O. O. F. lodge since a young man.
His active and fruitful career was
first stalled in its progress more than
a year ago when he underwent a
major operation for the affliction
with which he battled to the end.
He was returned to Portland a few
weeks before his death to receive
specialized treatment which proved
of no avail.
In the death of Howard Lane,
Lexington lost one of its foremost
citizens, and Morrow ounty a color
ful son whose life was closely linked
with its childhood years.
Union Mission Society
Organized for Year
The executive committee of the
Union Misisonary society met at the
home of Mrs. S. H. Shannon last Fri
day afternoon for election of offi
cers and appointment of committees.
Mrs. Tacie Parker was elected
president for the new year, Mrs.
Anna Bayless, vice president Mrs.
Alex Green, secretary - treasurer.
Named on the program committee
were Mrs. Lester Doolittle, Josephine
Mahoney and Mrs. Gene Lear; on
the hostess committee, Mrs. J. O.
Hager, Mrs. Lee Howell and Mrs.
Chas. B. Cox.
"THE SECOND MILE"
A short play, "The Second Mile,"
will be given at the regular meeting
of the Episcopal Missionary society
at the Parish House, Thursday, Jan.
26, at 2:30 p. m. A few musical num
bers will also be on the program
after which a silver offering will be
taken. The public is cordially invited.
Heppner,
Two Games Set
Over Week End
The Heppner Mhstangs will meet
the strong Hermiston Bulldogs on
the local floor tomorrow night in the
big home game of the year. Hermis
ton, an A class team, has been mak
ing it pretty tough for the other A
schools they play, and have been
steadily getting stronger. On the
other hand, Heppner will be out to
avenge an early season defeat. The
last few weeks have seen the Mus
tangs show their ability to ome up
from behind to win. By defeating a
very strong Fossil team on their
home court-last Saturday night, 26
to 25, the Heppner team showed that
they aren't to be taken lightly.
This game will climax "color
week" at the local high school. All
week the shcool building and the
gym have been gayly decorated with
the school colors, and the black
boards and walls have been cov
ered with such slogans as: "Make
the bulldogs into frankfurters in
four quarters." A free dance will
be given after the game by the Pep
club.
Next Monday night the Mustangs
will meet the Pendleton B basket
ball team in the second home game
in four days. As Pendleton is a
very large school, its B team is al
most as good as the A team. Earlier
in the season Heppner won a hotly
contested victory from the Bucks on
their home court, 36 to 22.
The Pendleton team will journey
over here all hopped up to gain
sweet revenge for the defeat they
took at the hands of the Mustangs
several weeks ago. The Heppner
team has come out of an early sea
son slump and will do their best
to prove that they are a better
bunch of basketball players than
those from the Round-Up city.
Coach Knox is attempting to
schedule a game between the local
town team and the town team from
lone as a preliminary to the high
school game.
Legion Making Plans
For Early Building
Discussion of plans for financing
a building project on the lot owned
by Heppner post, American Legion,
was the main order of business at
the Monday evening meeting of the
service organization. The meeting
was held in the new club room being
fitted up in I. O. O. F. building by
Willow lodge No. 66, and saw the
largest attendance of members for
several months.
Offer of 5000 feet of rough lumber
by Wm. Greener, post member, was
gratefully accepted by the post, and
Commander Henry Peterson ap
pointed a committee, consisting of C.
J. D. Bauman, Loyal Parker and
Spenoer Crawford to investigate va
rious methods of raising money for
the purpose of getting the building
under way. It is hoped that pre
liminary work may be started early
in the spring. i
lone Towhies Top
Locals in Close Game
Heppner and lone townies scored
16 field goals each in an evenly
played and spectacular casaba bat
tle on the local court Monday eve
ning, but a difference of two con
verted free throws gave the visitors
a 34-32 edge.
Bosworth of Heppner with 12 tal
lies led all scorers, with E. Petty
john ringing up ten for second hon
ors. On the Heppner squad with
scores were Furlong 6, Patton, Shad
ow, Blake, Driscoll 8, Robinson,
Carlson 6, Moore, Bosworth 12. Play
ing for lone, with scores, were L.
Pettyjohn. 7, Finley 7, Thornburg 6,
E. Pettyjohn 10, Davidson, Riley
Munkers 4.
POMONA COMMITTEES
In the Pomona grange report given
in last week's issue, the executive
committee should read O. L. Lun
dell, C. A. Tannehill and O. E.
Wright. Mr. Wright was elected to
fill three-year term. The legislative
committee is Henry Smouse, J. O.
Kincaid and O. L. Lundell.
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Oregon, Thursday, January
City Repays Swim
Tank Loans as New
Mayor is Inducted
All City Officers
Retained; New Com
mittees Slated
Repayment of the twenty-five $100
loans to individuals who helped fi
nance construction of the swimming
tank was among the first official
business transacted by the council
as newly elected Mayor G. A. Bleak-
man took office Monday evening.
Mayor Bleakman, in an address of
greeting paid tribute to the fruitful
efforts of his predecessor in office,
Mayor Jeff Jones.
Retention of all city officers was
announced by Mayor Bleakman,
continuing the services of J. O. Ras
mus, watermaster; Albert Schunk,
chief of police and fire chief; J. J.
Nys, city attorney; Homer Hayes,
policeman, and Vivian Kane, book
keeper.
Standing committees for the year
were announced as follows:
Ways and means: E. A. Bennett,
P. W. Mahoney, D. A. Wilson.
Fire and water: R. B. Ferguson,, R.
C. Phelps, E..A. Bennett.
Health and police: L. D. Tibbies,
D. A. Wilson, E. A. Bennett.
Streets and public property: P.
W. Mahoney, R. C. Phelps, R. B.
Ferguson.
Election: R. B. Ferguson, R. C.
Phelps, L. D. Tibbies.
Ordinances: P. W. Mahoney, R. B.
Ferguson, L. D. Tibbies.
Licenses: R. C. Phelps, P. W. Ma
honey, D. A. Wilson.
Finance: D. A. Wilson, E. A. Ben
nett, R. C. Phelps.
Employment Service
Made Available
The county court this week au
thorized payment of expense money
to Alex Manning, manager of the
state employment service office at
Pendleton, and a representative of
the Oregon State Unemployment
Insurance agency, that they may
make monthly trips to Morrow coun
ty to assist those needing the service
here. The tentative schedule calls
for their visit here at the local re
lief office on the second Tuesday of
each month.
Expenses the court will pay
amount to $7.40 a month, said Judge
Bert Johnson. The necessity for such
action came because a reduced op
erating budget failed to provide
funds for the visits here which have
been made regularly since last Aug
ust without expense to Morrow
county. Before last August the coun
ty court had paid $15 a month to
make the service available, the judge
said.
Amateur Hour to
Be Sponsored by BPW
Sponsorship of an amateur hour
for high school and grade students,
and continuation of sale of left-over
safety car placards, were projects
decided upon at the Monday eve
ning meeting of Business and Pro
fessional Womens club. The club
met at the home of Miss Lulu Ha
ger for pot-luck supper with thir
teen members present.
"Budgets and Their Significance"
was the theme for an enjoyable pro
gram. It was also decided to contact
the Lions club to investigate the pos
sibility of holding the annual pub
lic relations banquet, a joint affair
of the two service clubs in the past.
PUBLIC SALE HELD
Roderick French and Mrs. Rupert
Stout held a public sale at the farm
on Hinton creek last Saturday after
noon, preparatory to Mr. Stout and
family leaving for California where
they expect to make their home. V.
R. Runnion cried the sale and re
port indicates that all articles of
fered brought a fair price.
19, 1939
1938 Moisture Fall
Bests 10-Yr. Average
Moisture precipitation of 11.29
inches at Heppner in 1938 was just
slightly in excess of the 10-year av
erage, 11.02 inches, reports Len L.
Gilliam, government weather ob
server. April with 2.42 inches was
the wettest month of the year, July
with .22 the driest. December pre
cipitation of .69 was just an even
inch below the figure for December
previous. It was among the driest
Decembers since 1921. Drier De
cembers were shown in 1921, 1927,
1930 and 1932.
Precipitation for 1938 was under
that of 1937 with a total of 14.76, but
it exceeded all other years for the
last ten years with the exception of
1931 and 1933, with totals of 11.49
and 12.65 respectiely.
By months, precipitation for 1938
was: January .94, February 1.78,
March 1.02, April 2.42, May .28, June
1.21, July .22, August. 37, Septem
ber .51, October 1.10, November .75,
December .69.
Totals for the preceding nine years
were: 1929 10.11, 1930 10.54, 1931 11
.49, 1932 9.92, 1933 12.65, 1934 10.73,
1935 9.47, 1936 9.22, 1937 14.76.
Honor Certificate
Awarded County
For exceeding its quota of 350
memberships, Morrow County chap
ter, American Red Cross, this week
received an honor certificate signed
by Norman H. Davis, national chap
ter chairman, and Franklin D. Roose
velt, president of the United States.
The certificate reads.
"This honor certificate is award
ed to the Morrow County Chapter
for distinguished achievement in
the annual roll call for nineteen
hundred and thirty-nine."
A letter accompanying the certifi
cate acknowledged receipt of $189.05,
the 'national chapter's share of the
roll call money recently collected in
the county.
In acknowledging receipt of the
certificate, Russell McNeill, county
chapter chairman, expressed com
mendation to Mrs. B. C. Pinkney,
county roll call chairman, and her
corps of workers whose efforts re
sulted in the good showing. Mr. Mc
Neill said also that it appeared Mor
row county people do not have to be
"sold" on Red Cross support, but
merely given the opportunity to join,
Mrs. Rumble's Brother
Loses Home by Fire
Mrs. L. G. Rumble this week re
ceived a newspaper clipping telling
of the loss by fire of the $20,000
home of her brother, Dr. R. E. Gib
son, at Newberry, Mich., on Decem
ber 30. Starting in the basement,
the flames spread from a kindling
pile to the coal pile and into the
walls of the upper two stories be
fore discovered. The house was a
total loss with exception of base
ment.
Dr. Gibson, who was bedfast, was
carried to the home of a neighbor,
and Mrs. Gibson, daughter Margar
et and son Keith, all escaped with
out injury. Mrs. Rumble says that
Dr. Gibson has been in a hospital
most of the time since she last vis
ited at his home three years ago. He
was becoming able to get around
with crutches. His physicians re
port permanent improvement in his
health.
President's Ball
Set for Jan. 28
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county chair.
man, this week announced that
President Roosevelt's Birthday ball
will be held at the Elks hall on the
evening of Saturday, Jan. 28, instead
of Monday evening, the 30th, the
president's natal anniversary. First
announcement was for the event to
be held on the 30th.
The change is made, explains Dr.
McMurdo, as a social event of this
nature seems to satisfy the public
better if staged on a Saturday rath
er than a Monday evening.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Premiums Over
Loan Value May
Be Had by Growers
Two to Five Cents
a Bushel Offered
on White Wheats
Morrow county wheat growers
who have hard white or soft white
wheat under government loan will
receive premiums ranging from two
to five cents a bushel above loan
values if they sell at once for ex
port by the Federal Surplus Com
modities corporation, according to
word received by the county AAA
office. The offer also applies to co-
operators with the AAA program
having wheat that was eligible for
the loan.
Purchases are now under way and
will be on the basis of "first come,
first served," says E. H. Miller, chair
man of the county AAA committee.
Information received here indicates
that this export purchase to relieve
northwest storage facilities will take
care of less than half of the 12 mil
lion bushels of hard and soft white
wheat now under loan in the north
west. Purchase will stop as soon as
the export requirements have been
filled, or by February 4 at the latest.
Premiums for immediate delivery
will be paid in cash to growers up
on release of the wheat to handlers
at country points or terminals. Pre
miums above loan values are: for
No. 1 hard or soft white, 2 cents;
No. 2, 3 cents; No. 3, 4 cents; No. 4,
5 cents. Those lots of hard white on
which the producers received under
the loan need not be accepted by the
purchaser under the conditions of
the purchase offer.
Owners wishing to sell wheat un
der this purchase program may do
so through the North Pacific Grain
Growers or other local dealers. Full
information may be obtained at the
county AAA office.
The purpose of this purchase pro
gram is to relieve the storage situa
tion in the Pacific northwest ahead
of the 1939 crop, the state AAA of
fice advises. On December 31, 1938,
there were 65 million bushels of
wheat on hand in this northwest
area. About 25 million bushels of
this are held under government loan.
Immediate action is necessary if part
of this wheat is to be moved into
export before the 1939 crop from the
southern hemisphere comes on the
world market.
The premiums offered for imme
diate delivery of this wheat are not
justified by any world price outlook,
officials say, but are merely an in
ducement to get wheat moving at
once. Present domestic prices of
wheat are between 20 and 30 cents
above the world market. The FSCC
is having to pay about 25 cents a
bushel to put this soft wheat on the
world market at the present time.
Unless this wheat is moved at once,
the arrival of new crops from the
Argentine and Australia may make
it impossible for the FSCC to con
tinue such extensive export sub
sidies. 1938 Game Licenses
Exceed Those for 1 937
Total game licenses issued in Mor
row county for 1938 of $2544.50 ex
ceeded the total for 1937 by $300.
The 1937 total was $2244, reports
Clerk C. W. Barlow.
Resident hunters licenses num
bering 418 accounted for the larger
share of the total. Other licenses is
sued were juvenile hunters 21, non
resident hunters one, resident ang
lers 89, juvenile anglers 24, non-resident
anglers 2, vacation anglers 5,
combination 120, certificates for lost
licenses 9, elk tags 116.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodeers, county
school superintendent, and Miss Al-
thea Stoneman, county health nurse.
were in Boardman today on official
business,