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THE
Hehisch
Published by the Students of
Heppner High School
GAS HOUSE GOSSIP
By JOE AIKEN
In speaking of sports in which all
of the student body may enter, why
couldn't there be organized within
the assembly several girls' and boys'
soft ball teams; and have a play off
to see which team would be the best
in school. The lodges and organiza
tions down town could do the same
and organize a city league. The win
ner of the lodge league and high
school would play off for the city
championship. This would not only
benefit the students and townspeo
ple but would bring the two closer
together. The games could be played
of evenings and on Sundays, a
small admission could be charged to
cover expenses and in later years it
might make enough money to install
some lights on the rodeo field so
night games could be played.
Last year a twilight league was
started and provided much sport for
all concerned. This plan would carry
it out and expand it to a greater
extent.
The need for improvements in the
school and gym is getting worse as
time wears on and a great deal has
been done to check this. The biggest
sore spot now is the dressing room
in the gym. The chance for foot in
fection is bad. This year there have
been several cases of foot infection.
Last year you will recall one stu
dent was confined to bed with it
and this year it came back upon her
to place her in the hospital. Yes
there are foot baths but that doesn't
stop this germ from spreading upon
the floor which is dirty a great deal
of the time.
Pathways of painted grilled boards
would make it nice for the individ
ual walking to and from the showers
and eliminate much of the dirt and
disease contents in this manner.
Baseball will get off to a good
start this year as the team will have
new uniforms which will improve
the appearance of the team as a
whole. The competition should be
keen this year although the team
is somewhat broken up from last
year as some of the boys are not
returning. However, the ones that
are turning out will make up the
difference. Many new men, mostly
from the frosh and sophomore classes
will make up the squad with Coxen,
Aiken, Crawford, Stone and Wil
liams from last year's team back
to give them a run for their money.
The team lost all but one game last
year but this year they expect to
win all of them.
Lexington and lone are to spon
sor teams this year, and with Con
don, Fossil, Arlington, Pilot Rock,
and Hermiston the games will be
sufficient.
THE JUNIORS PRESENT . . .
"The Lucky Accident," a three
act farcical comedy, in the high
school gym-auditorium, March 17.
Curtain at 8. The play will be over
in sufficient time for' those wishing
to go to the St. Patrick's dance.
Don't forget, one week from this
Friday.
Mustangs Wind up Hoop Season
A poor ending to a successful bas
ketball season was the Heppner
Mustang's 20-21 loss to th Board
man quint Friday afternoon at Fos
sil in the District 13-B tournament.
Highly favored to end in the finals,
Heppner was upset by the fiery lit
tie Yellow Jackets. The Mustangs,
failing to overcome a slight case of
jitters, were behind at the half and
did not take over the ball game until
the fourth quarter, when they came
to life and staged a 7-minute rally
which left the score 20-21, still in
Boardman's favor. The closing sec
onds found the Mustangs passing up
two opportunities on which the
game hinged. With the score 20-21
Morgan was granted a free throw,
a chance to tie the game, but missed.
A mere five seconds remained when
Coxen took his turn at the free
Heppner
throw line, also missing. The Mus
j tangs received 23 free throws, only
4 of which they made.
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National Safety Council
Not unlike an ostrich is the man
who stops his car on the highway,
gets out, raises the hood and pokes
his head down into the region of
cylinders and spark plugs while oth
er automobiles swish past behind
him with only inches to spare.
Automobiles standing in the road
way were involved in 692 accidents
in this state last year, two of their
drivers were killed and 96 persons
injured, according to Secretary of
State Earl Snell.
Aside from the fact that the driv
er exposes himself to unnecessary
risk by working on the car while it
is still in the roadway, he also cre
ates a definite hazard for other driv
ers who are forced to pass him, es
pecially on narrow roads when two
cars approach from opposite di
rections at the same time.
While nearly all drivers recognize
the need for pulling off the road
when they have engine or tire trou
ble, there are other circumstances in
which they are not so well trained.
Drivers frequently stop suddenly
on the highway to read direction
signs, to retrieve articles which have
blown from the car, or to wipe off
mist or frost which has collected on
the windshield.
Whatever the cause for stopping,
every driver should make it an in
fallible rule never to bring his car
to a prolonged halt in the main
traveled portion of the roadway, ex
cept in the most unusual circum
stances when it cannot be driven or
moved onto the shoulder or con
venient turn-out.
Committeemen
Help Farmers
In AAA Plans
The AAA farm program for 1939
will be brought to the very back
doors of Oregon farmers in the near
future, according to plans of com
munity committeemen throughout
the state, who are arranging to con
tact their neighbors and discuss the
program as it applies to each indi
vidual farm.
Immediate reason for the contact
work is that each farmer who wishes
to comply with the AAA this year
must fill out an "estimate sheet,"
showing how he expects to arrange
his farming so as to receive greatest
benefits, says N. C. Donaldson, exec
utive officer in the state AAA office
at Oregon State college.
It was pointed out that all farm
ers who wish to take part must have
the sheets filled out by June 1. In
formation will include crop acreages,
diversions, payments and compli
ance methods.
To aid in filling out the sheets,
some community committeemen ex
pect to meet neighbors individually;
others expect to hold community
meetings at which the 1939 program
will be explained by local speakers.
Before starting their neighborhood
contact work, both county and com
munity committeemen representing
approximately 45,000 farmers taking
part in the 1939 AAA program
have been receiving instruction at
a series of county meetings. Don
aldson with Willis Boegli and Arnold
Bodtker, state field representatives.
has been assisted by county agents
in presenting instrution meetings.
In western Oregon's diversified
counties, conservation practices form
a principal phase of the program for
this year.
In eastern Oregon's wheat coun
ties, conservation plus acreage con
trol are major factors.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
CAPITAL N E WS
Last Week (?)
o Duncan Boosted
o Legislative Reform
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem With the legislative ses
sion in its last week I hope atten
tion is being turned to speculation
on the leadership of the next legis
lature. In the senate presidential possi
bilities center on two candidates,
both from the central Willamette
valley Dean Walker of Polk county
and Douglas McKay of Marion. Sen
ator U. S. Balentine of Klamath
county also has quite a following
but his term is expiring and there
is no certainty that he will be re
turned while both Walker and Mc
Kay will be hold-over members.
For the House speakership there
are three outstanding possibilities
although the results of the 1940
general election may eliminate any
one or all of them. Those being most
nrominentlv mentioned for the
speakership post at this time are
Frank Lonergan of Multnomah
county, Earl Hill of Lane county
and Wm. McAlister of Jackson coun
ty. All three are republicans, the
same being true of the senate pos
sibilities for the presidency.
Friends of Robert M. Duncan of
Burns this week launched a Dun
can-for-Congress boom which they
hope will land the eastern Oregon
senator in Washington, D. C, in
1940, as the successor to Walter M.
Pierce, veteran democrat whom he
will probably have to oppose if he
wins the republican nomination. A
veteran member of the state senate,
Duncan's popularity in that body
was demonstrated at this session
when he was' elected to the senate
presidency without opposition.
Forceful in debate, eminently fair
in all his dealings Duncan has long
been recognized as one of the most
influential members of the state
senate. While the senator refuses to
comment on his political ambitions
his friends insist that he is in a re
ceptive mood and can be induced to
make the race if given sufficient en
couragement. State officials, members of the leg
islature and legislatve employees
inspected the new state library Sun
day night at an open house conduct
ed by Miss Harriet Long, state li
brarian, and her staff. Miss Long
plans to conduct another open
house" to which the general public
will be invited as soon as the new
equipment has been installed.
A proposal to refer the fate of the
milk control board to the voters of
Oregon was defeated in the senate
by a vote of 15 to 14. The ght over
this board was one of the most bit
ter of the current session with a
number of the senators shifting their
allegiance between the preliminary
vote which saved the repeal bill from
defeat and the final show-down in
which the measure failed to pass by
the narrow margin of two votes.
Senator Mahoney of Multnomah
county, one of the sponsors of the
repeal bill, has announced that the
fight will be carried to the people
through the initiative.
The bakery board did not fare as
well as did the milk board and is
now no more, Governor Sprague
having signed the bill this week
wiping this board out of existence.
Sprague in his inaugural message
urged repeal of the bread board as
"a stepchild of the NRA" but urged
that the milk board be retained for
the time being and given another
chance to prove its worth.
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All social security and welfare
activities of the state hereafter will
be administered by a newly con
stituted state welfare commission
under the provisions of a bill signed
this week by Governor Sprague af
ter the House had agreed to - an
amendment written in by the sen
ate restoring the three-year resi
dence requirement.
Out of their experience at this and
previous sessions legislators have
brought forth a number of sugges
tions for expediting the business of
lawmaking, none of which are ex
pected to gain legislative approval.
Oregon
Senator Kenin of Multnomah
county has sponsored two different
legislative reforms. One of these
provides for a split session in which
the legislators would meet for two
or three weeks to receive bills, then
go home for a few weeks to ponder
over the various measures and get
the reaction of their constituents af
ter which they would return to Sa
lem prepared to act. The other Ke
nin proposal revolves around the
so-called Kansas plan of a legisla
tive council to be composed of five
senators, five representatives, the
Speaker of the House, President of
the Senate and a representative of
the governor. This council would
meet periodically between sessions
to receive and consider proposed
legislation,. sifting out the good from
the bad and passing on worthwhile
proposals to the legislature at its
regular session. A research bureau
would also be set up to assist the
council in its work by gathering in
formation as to how proposed legis
lation has worked in other states
that might have tried it out, etc.
On the other side of the lawmak
ing mill Representative Henry Se
mon of Klamath county has come
forth with a proposal to stream line
the Oregon legislature in order to
speed it up. Instead of waiting until
January to convene, Semon proposes
that the lawmakers gather in Salem
in December to organize and set up
its big committees like the ways and
means, taxation and revenue, etc.
Then the other members would re
turn to their homes, leaving these
committees in the capitol to work at
their several problems unmolested
by lobbyists or the details of routine
lawmaking. Then when the session
convened in January the financial
picture, at least, would be pretty
well set up and a definite course
charted by which they could steer
in sailing into the problems that be
set every legislature.
Lamont Slocum, native Heppner
son and Union Pacific fireman, was
back on the local run this week.
Professional
Directory
Heppner Blacksmith
& Machine Shop
Expert Welding and Repairing
L. H. HARLOW, Mgr.
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
636 MEAD BUILDING
6th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS 07 TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In New Peters Building
F. W. Turner fir Co.
FIRE, AUTO AND LITE
INSURANCE
Old Line Companies Beat Estate
Heppner, Oregon
Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Laurence Case
Mortuary
"Just the service wanted
when yon want It most"
Thursday, March 9, 1939
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
Dr. Raymond Rice
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office
First National Bank Building
Office Phone 523 House Phone I
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr.
BATES REASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Ore.
P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
J. 0. Peterson
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches Clocks - Diamonds
Expert Watch and Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
DENTIST
Modern equipment including X-ray
for dental diagnosis
Extraction by gas anesthetic
First National Bank Banding
Phone 662 Heppner, Ora.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physieian Surgeon
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492
HEPPNER OREGON
W. M. Eubanks
Representing
KERR, GIFFORD & CO., INC.
on Heppner Branch
V. R. Runnion
AUCTIONEER
Farm Sales and Livestock a Specialty
406 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 452
MAKE DATES AT MY EXPENSE
Frank C. Alfred
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Telephone 442
Rooms 3-4
First National Bank Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
Peterson & Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Practice in State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Pnbllo
Phone 62 lone. Ore.
FOR BEST MARKET PRICES for
yonr new or old wheat, see
CORNETT GREEN
for grain stored In Heppner and
Lexington,
ELMER GRIFFITH
at lone for rest of Branch
Representing Balfour, Guthrie ft Co.