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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, February 2, 1939
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 80, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established 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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Official Paper for Morrow Ccmnty
The Old Spirit
TJEPPNER business men came to
the front nobly last night, as
they usually do when called upon
. for united action on any matter vit
ally affecting the city. When the
cards were on the table and they
saw that the Kraft Cheese subsid
iary really means business in lo
cating a box factory here, they read
ily pledged moral and financial sup
port to provide a site.
Heppner's reputation for this sort
of spirit has been reflected over a
wide area in years past. It started
with Henry Heppner, the founder,
who, when a schoolhouse or any
other general community benefit
was needed, went about with a
subscription list and gained ready
response from the first residents.
The spirit, of course, is not alto
gether unselfish. In the present in
stance, the bringing of a substantial
payroll industry would mean an in
crease in business that will thor
oughly compensate each business
for what amount it may give. Such
an industry, in fact, may well mean
the dawn of an era of greater pros
perity for everyone.
But, as reflected at the meeting
last night, the tendency of people to
keep their heads and not expect to
fall immediately into the middle of
a golden river is commendable. All
business today is highly competitive
and no one may expect to sit idly by
and receive gifts from heaven. There
will inevitably be some influx of
new population if the box factory
comes and there is danger in at
tracting more than can be supported
by the new industry. It is well in
planning the future to keep heads
level and not rush into extensive ex
pansion that may not be justified.
It is heartening that the company
behind the venture is substantial and
highly reputed. Such a company will
find ready cooperation from our
people and we predict that they will
find our people hospitable and con
siderate in every respect.
As plans develop and the box fac
tory definitely becomes a reality,
Heppner will have new problems of
housing, water supply, fire and pol
ice protection, and other kindred
governmental problems, to solve. All
of these will not be easy. It will
take work and cooperation all along
the line. That work and cooperation
will come to the end largely desired
the making of Heppner a better,
more attractive place in which to
live.
It may be from the present ex
perience of getting together, Hepp
ner business men will realize the
necessity and value of establishing
a commercial association through
which common action may be more
readily and effectively taken on any
matter that may arise. If only that
results from last night's action the
effort will have proved itself justified.
New Wheats Show
High Yields and
Quality in 1938
Two comparatively new wheat
varieties, Rex and White Federation,
showed to good advantage in the Co
lumbia Basin this past season, ac
cording to information gathered by
Dr. D. D. Hill, in charge of cereal
breeding work at the central exper
iment station at Oregon State col
lege. Rex wheat is a hybrid produced at
the Moro branch experiment station,
while White Federation was one of
a group of wheats introduced some
years ago from Australia. These two
wheats not only produced high yields
but made a higher grade of grain
than the old established white va
rieties grown in the same area.
Dr. Hill has analyzed a report
from the state grain inspection de
partment covering approximately
300 samples of white wheat grown
in Morrow county in 1938. The re
port includes the two old established
varieties, Federation and Forty-fold,
as well as the two new varieties,
Rex and White Federation.
Results of the grading were that
62 per cent of the Forty-fold and 77
perecent of the Federation graded
hard white. Of the new varieties
59 per cent of the Rex and 99 per
cent of the White Federation went
into the hard white class. The per
centage of each variety which grad
ed No. 1 is also significant, Dr. Hill
points out. Only 1 per cent of the
Federation and 10 per cent of the
Forty-fold went as No. 1, while 19
per cent of the White Federation and
37 per cent of the Rex were in this
highest grade.
Rex wheat is similar in appearance
to Federation, but is a true winter
variety and hence much better
adapted to fall planting than the old
Federation. It probably has a wider
range of adaptation than any wheat
now grown in the Columbia Basin.
It is replacing Federation, Forty-fold
and Hybrid 128. White Federation
has increased its acreage rapidly the
past few years, especially in the
lighter soil areas of Gilliam and
Morrow counties. It is a true spring
wheat which matures earlier than
Federation. It is second only to Baart
in milling and baking value. '
Locals Maintain Lead
In Basketball Race
The Heppner Mustangs kept their
lead in their division of the U. C. A.
L. race intact Saturday night by a
33-29 defeat of Condon on the Blue
Devils' home court in the last league
game away from the local gym.
The game started off slowly, with
Condon leading 9-5 at the end of
the first period. Heppner tightened
down to hold Condon to one small
point in the second period, while Ijiey
garnered eight to give them a half
time lead of 13-10, which they held
until the end of the game.
The Mustangs increased their lead
to seven points in the third period
with a score of 22-15. A hard fight
ing Condon team came back to life
in the fourth quarter with a great
deal of fight and almost pulled the
game out of the fire with a barrage
of long shots and by harrying the
Heppner team with a close checking
man-to-man defense all over the
floor.
Currie of Condon was high point
man of the game with 12 points,
while Barratt was high scoring man
for the mustangs with 10.
Line-up:
Heppner 36 Condon 33
Drake 6 F 3 J. Burns
Barratt 10 F T. Burns
Applegate 6 C 8 Willis
Crawford 2 G 12 Currie
Coxen 6 G Smith
Morgan 2 G Hollen
Bogoger F 10 Shannon
John Crawford... G
Wray F
Aiken 4 F
Heppner committed eleven per
sonal fouls to Condon's 4.
The Heppner B team beat the
Condon B's in a preliminary game,
19-6, holding them to a single bas
ket during the entire contest
F. F. A. Students
Compete in Speaking
The Heppner Future Farmers of
America have taken up as part of
their class time activities, public
speaking. Each member of the classes
was required to give a talk on some
topic related to agriculture. The
class then voted on the speeches and
their delivery, the best two from
each class to compete in a con
test before the high school assembly.
The winner of that will be allowed
to take part in a F. F. A. public
speaking contest
Those chosen from the three
classes were Ralph Taylor, Donald
Bennett, Lura Stephens, Howard
Patton, Leland Edmondson, and Bill
Barratt.
O Public Opinion
OH, CRUEL, CRUEL WORLD!
"Yeah, looks like the work of a
C. C. C." How many times have you
said that very thing? How many
times have you snickered at a home
girl accompanied by a boy from the
C.'s? How many times have you
spread malicious gossip about a boy
or boys from camp, not knowing or
caring if it were true, often know
ing it wasn't, but just passing it on
because somebody told it to you?
And YOU, kind reader, have you
ever passed on the glad news that
the neighbor's boy was home from
camp for Christmas? Had you looked
in wonderment at his strong, rugged
frame and thought, "Boy, I'd like
to be in his shoes!"
Or, maybe, maybe you don't know
any of the neighbor's kids who,
rather than loaf, have joined the
C.'s. O. K., then, next time you see
a C. C. C. boy, look him over. Just
look down deep in him to see what
he's really made of. Do you suppose
he has ambitions; that he'd like to
be an engineer or surveyor, or some
thing worthwhile? Maybe there's a
girl back home that he'd like to mar
ry and care for. Maybe there are kid
brothers who need schooling, or a
mother, old and feeble and alone, or
a dad in the hospital. Maybe he was
drifting blindly and thought the C.'s
would help him get a start per
haps? But, no that is idle dream
ing! Those city kids are all just the
same, just a bunh of riff raff from
across the tracks, aimless, careless,
lazy, not a care or virtue in the
world. That's what you've been
thinking, and maybe it wasn't your
fault. Maybe you were ignorant as
to the falsity of the gossip you'd
been hearing, and of course nobody
should doubt the word of the good
home folks. They should never look
for themselves. And, just because
you heard about two or three (out
of two or three hundred) making bad
names, the whole camp should be
damned and shunned. They are a
pack of dangerous characters from
another world.
Yet, there may be grounds to your
arguments. True, some of the boys
joining the C.'s hoping to have a
gay time, sometimes because they
believe the work to be easy, and
many times just beause extreme
laziness prevents progress in any
other field. Yes, there are many
angles to the situation, but look a
moment. The C. C. C. camp is a
miniature world. It is made up of
all kinds from all places, just like
the world we are used to, and it
isn't so bad, is it? To be sure, the
C.'s aren't a branch of the lessers.
They are human beings, if you
please!
One of the "Home Folks."
Ray Knighten of Cecil underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
Heppner hospital last Friday.
Elks Annual Ball
Slated for Feb. 18
Heppner Lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks,
will play host to its membership and
families at the annual Washington
birthday ball to be held Saturday
evening, February 18, announces
Loyal Parker, secretary. This year's
party will be put on by the lodge
without special assessment of mem
bers, a departure from the custom
in years past, the secretary said.
Date for the ball, originally set
for the 25th, was changed to the
18th to avoid a conflict with the
district I. O. O. F. convention pre
viously slated to be held here on the
first date. Special entertainment
features and induction of a large
class of candidates at the special
lodge meeting to be held the same
day will mark the occasion as one
of the outstanding events on the lo
cal lodge calendar for the year.
Crop and Feed Loan
Applications Open
Applications for emergency crop
and feed loans for 1939 are now
being received at the county agent's
office, according to C. D. Conrad,
county agent
The loans will be made, as in the
past, only to farmers whose cash re
quirements are small and who can
not obtain credit from any other
source. The money loaned will be
limited to the farmer's immediate
and actual cash needs for growing
his 1939 crops or for the purchase of
feed for livestock.
Farmers who can obtain the funds
they need from an individual, pro
duction credit association, bank, or
other concern are not eligible for
crop and feed loans from the Emer
gency CroD and Feed Loan section
of the Farm Credit administration.
The loans will not be made to stand
ard rehabilitation clients whose
current needs are provided for by
Farm Security administration, for
merly known as the Resettlement
administration.
As in the past, farmers who obtain
emergency crop and feed loans will
give as security a first lien on. the
crop financed, or a first lien on the
livestock to be fed if the money is
to be used to produce or purchase
feed for livestock.
Where loans are made to tenants,
the landlord, or others having an
interest in the crops financed or the
livestock to be fed, are required to
waive their claims in favor of a
lien to the governor of the Farm
Credit administration until the loan
is repaid.
Checks in payment of approved
loans will be mailed from the re
gional Emergency Crop and Feed
Loan office at Spokane, Wash.
Vester and Dale Lane, Ralph and
Ray Phillips of Lexington were out
going passengers on the train from
Arlington last night for Portland.
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